Waita Setu (born 5 February 1992) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby union loose forward who currently plays for Brisbane City in Australia's National Rugby Championship. He has also previously represented Super Rugby side, the Queensland Reds.[1][2][3]
| Date of birth | 5 February 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early and provincial career edit
Setu was born in Auckland, New Zealand but moved to Australia as a child and attended the prestigious St Joseph's College, Nudgee in Brisbane. During this time he represented Queensland at Under 16 and schools levels. His early career was a nomadic one, with spells in the youth systems of Australian rugby league sides, the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm preceding a move across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand in 2014 where he linked up with union side North Harbour although he didn't manage any senior appearances. He was back in Australia in 2015 and played Queensland Premier Rugby with GPS, scoring 7 tries in his debut season and earning a call up to Brisbane City's National Rugby Championship winning squad.[2][3]
Super Rugby career edit
Setu was a member of the Melbourne Rebels wider training squad in 2015, but did not see any action. An injury to flanker Liam Gill gave Setu his Super Rugby break in 2016, he earned 3 Reds caps in total, 2 of which were from the start.[3][4]
International edit
Setu was an Australian Schoolboys representative in 2012.[2]
Super Rugby statistics edit
- As of 17 August 2016[4]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2016 | Reds | 3 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References edit
- ^ "St. George Queensland Reds lose to Western Force at Suncorp Stadium". Reds Rugby. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Waita Setu Brisbane City Player Profile". Reds Rugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Waita Setu Rugby Australia Player Profile". Rugby Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Waita Setu itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.