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Birth name | Siliva Siliva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 February 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Narre Warren South P-12 College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Aaron Edwards (cousin) Maria Tutaia (2nd cousin) Keith Peters (2nd cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Siliva Siliva (born 11 February 1991) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Brumbies in Super Rugby. His playing position is hooker. He was previously a member of the Western Force squad for the 2011 Super Rugby season although he did not make any first-team appearances. He made his Super Rugby debut for the Brumbies against the Reds in 2013.
Siliva represented Australia under 20 at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship. [1]
His cousin Aaron Edwards has played AFL with West Coast Eagles, North Melbourne and Richmond; his second cousin Maria Tutaia played netball for the New Zealand Silver Ferns and another second cousin, Keith Peters, played rugby league for Penrith Panthers and Papua New Guinea.
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2011 | Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Brumbies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | Brumbies | 12 | 2 | 10 | 216 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Brumbies | 5 | 1 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | Brumbies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Rebels | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Rebels | 9 | 2 | 7 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 27 | 5 | 22 | 587 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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