Kimami Sitauti
| Birth name | Kimami Sitauti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kimami Sitauti (born 12 April 1991) is an Australian rugby union player. He plans to join the Rebels for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[1]
His playing position is right-winger. He is of Tongan heritage.[2]
Move from New Zealand & early career[edit]
Sitauti is from Auckland, and he was part of Auckland Under 14s in 2005.[3] He moved to Australia and attended Nudgee College in 2008.[2] He was still in Year 12 at Nudgee, when he was named to play for Souths in the final of the club competition.[2]
Australian sevens and under 20s[edit]
In 2010 Sitauti got his first taste of sevens for Australia in Darwin. He travelled to New Zealand for more sevens at the Cake-Tin in Wellington[4] before going to India to compete in sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
He was part of the Australian Under 20s at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championships.[5]
Super Rugby[edit]
He was part of the Reds squad in 2011 although he did not make any first-team appearances. He spent 2012 with the Brumbies, before contracting to join the Rebels for 2013.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Jake hunting South African lock". Sport24. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ a b c Tucker, Jim (18 September 2009). "Souths punt on schoolboy Kimami Sitauti for Premier Rugby grand final against Brothers". Courier Mail. News Queensland. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ "Rugby Representatives". Sports News. Mount Albert Grammar. 2005. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ "Aussies keen to stop New Zealand Sevens hat-trick" (Press release). ARU. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ Kimami Sitauti, retrieved 6 December 2015
External links[edit]
- 1991 births
- Australian rugby union players
- Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent
- ACT Brumbies players
- Queensland Reds players
- Melbourne Rebels players
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
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- Rugby union players from Brisbane
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- Male rugby sevens players
- Living people
- Australia international rugby sevens players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- Colomiers Rugby players
- RC Narbonne players
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France