Semo Sititi

Semo Sititi (born 6 March 1974) is a rugby union footballer in Samoa. He was born in Motootua.

Semo Sititi

Birth name	Lemalu Semo Sititi
Date of birth	(1974-03-06) 6 March 1974
Place of birth	Moto'otua, Samoa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
School	St Joseph's College, Samoa.
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8 Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1990–1999 2000–2001 Marist St Joseph Marist St Pats () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2009 Wellington Cardiff Borders Newcastle Borders NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 13 15 28 22 20 (5) (10) (25) (5) (5) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2000 Hurricanes 5 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1999–2009 2004–2006 Samoa Pacific Islanders 59 4 (85) (0) National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 1994–2005 Samoa 7s Coaching career Years Team 2014– Samoa U20

Career

He is a flanker and currently plays for Ricoh in Japan, having previously played for Celtic League side Border Reivers and Manu Samoa internationally. He made his test debut in 1999 against Japan in Apia, Samoa. Of Manu Samoa's squad of 30 at the 1999 Rugby World Cup Sititi was the only one based in Samoa.

Sititi took over the role of captain of Samoa when Pat Lam retired after the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup. He has also skippered the Samoa 7s team, including a trip to the 2001 Rugby World Cup 7s in Argentina. In 2000, he won a Super 12 contract with the Wellington Hurricanes, making five appearances, he also played 13 times for Wellington in the National Provincial Championship scoring one try.

In 2002 he joined Cardiff and then Borders in Scotland, where he played for two seasons and then signed for the Newcastle Falcons and later returned to Borders in 2005. He played in the 2003 Rugby World Cup and scored a try against the eventual champions England. Semo is Samoa's third most capped player.

External links

• Manu Samoa supporters website
• Pacific Islanders Rugby Teams supporters website