Steven Setephano

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Steven Setephano
Date of birth (1984-04-15) 15 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8, Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2015 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 39 (50)
2015– Football club de Grenoble rugby ()
Correct as of 19 January 2015
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–2007 Waikato 21 (15)
2008–2009 Otago 17 (5)
2010 Waikato 4 (0)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008–2010 Highlanders 30 (20)
2011 Chiefs 2 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014– Cook Islands

Steven Miimetua Setephano (born 15 April 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player of Cook Islands descent who has represented the Cook Islands national rugby union team. His positions of choice are number 8 or flanker. He has previously played for Waikato and Otago in the National Provincial Championship as well as the Highlanders and Chiefs in the Super Rugby competition. He currently plays for FC Grenoble in the Pro D2. [1]

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Early life

Setephano was born in Wellington and educated at St Stephens' school in Auckland [2] and then at Rotorua Boys' High School. [3] He played club rugby for Hamilton Marist. [4]

Playing career

New Zealand

Setephano began his provincial career with Waikato in 2005, and was a regular member of their Air New Zealand Cup squads in 2005, 2006 and 2007, playing 19 matches. [5] In 2004 he was picked for the Chiefs development squad. [6] He remained in the development squad in 2006 and 2007, but did not play any matches. [7]

In an effort to have a stronger chance at earning a Super Rugby contract, Setephano shifted south to Dunedin, where he played for Otago in the Air New Zealand Cup [8] [9] and the Highlanders in Super Rugby. [10] [11]

In 2010 he rejoined Waikato for the 2010 ITM Cup, [4] [12] However, his season was ended prematurely by a calf injury after just 4 matches. He was not retained by the Highlanders for the 2011 season, as the club made wholesale changes under new coach Jamie Joseph, resulting in him moving back to the Chiefs for the 2011 season. [7] [13]

Japan and Europe

Setephano moved to Japan [14] where he played for the NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in the Top League. [15] He left the club in 2015. [16]

In 2015 he moved to France, where he trialled for a few weeks with Castres Olympique. [17] [18] In June 2015 he signed a deal to move to France with FC Grenoble for the 2015-16 Top 14 season. [19] [20] His contract was extended in 2016. [21] Initially not retained at the end of the 2016-2017 season, he finally extended his contract following the club's relegation to Pro D2. [22] At the start of the Pro D2 season, he was named team captain, [23] and he led the team during their move up to the Top 14, after a victory in the accession play- off against Oyonnax. [24] he retired in June 2020, moving into a coaching role. [25]

International

Setephano played for the New Zealand Under-19 team in 2003 [26] [27] and Under-21 in 2004.

He made his international debut for the Cook Islands at the 2015 Rugby World Cup Oceania qualifier against Fiji on 28 June 2014 in Churchill Park, Lautoka. [28] [29] [30]

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