Setaimata Sa

Setaimata Sa (born 14 September 1987) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Mackay Cutters in the Intrust Super Cup.[3]

Setaimata Sa
Personal information
Born (1987-09-14) 14 September 1987
Western Samoa
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)[1]
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionSecond-row, Centre, Lock, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–09 Sydney Roosters 66 13 0 0 52
2010–12 Catalans Dragons 69 24 0 0 96
2014–15 Hull F.C. 26 6 0 0 24
2016 Widnes Vikings 13 3 1 0 0
2017– Mackay Cutters 6 2 0 0 8
Total 180 48 1 0 180
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006 Samoa 5 5 0 0 20
2008 New Zealand 4 1 0 0 4
Rugby union
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–14 London Irish 4 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
As of 17 September 2009
Source: [2][3]

Background

Sa was born in Samoa.[4]

Rugby league career

His junior club was Shirley before he was poached by the Papanui Tigers as a 9 year old in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.

Sa was previously a part of the Sydney Roosters before his bad behaviour had cost him his contract at the club. He has also represented Samoa on 5 occasions scoring 4 tries. In 2006 he was selected for the New Zealand Tri-Nations squad but was not selected for any of the matches in the series. In 2007 he was in running to be selected for New Zealand again but missed out through injury along with Kiwi international and Sydney Roosters teammate Iosia Soliola. Sa was a member of the World Cup winning New Zealand team beating Australia in the 2008 World Cup Final at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

He was called up for the 2008 ANZAC day test at the SCG.[5]

He is eligible to represent Samoa.[6]

FG debut: Round 7 2006 v. St George Illawarra Dragons Samoan National team New Zealand Tri-Nations squad

In August 2008, Sa was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[7] and in October 2008, he was named in the final 24-man Kiwi squad.[8]

On 30 August 2009, Setaimata Sa was charged with assault, resisting arrest, malicious damage and failure to leave a licensed premises, after a drunken episode in a Sydney hotel.[9]

He played for the Catalans Dragons in 2010 after sealing a release from the final two years of his Roosters contract. The deal was a part exchange transfer involving Jason Ryles moving in the opposite direction.[10]

In 2014 Sa transferred to Hull F.C. on a contract until the end of 2015.[11]

On 25 October 2016 Sa signed a 3-year contract with Australian Rugby League team Mackay Cutters who play in the Intrust Super Cup.

Rugby union career

When at Shirley Boys' High School in Christchurch he played Rugby for the school's first XV.

In 2012 Sa signed a contract to switch codes and play rugby union for the London Irish club, which was finally completed in Jan 2013 after he received a work permit.[12][13]

On 9 November 2012 he made his debut for the Samoan national team against Canada.

References
  1. "Hull 1st Team Setaimata Sa". Hull FC. Hull FC. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. Jamie Pandaram (14 July 2008). "Islanders to follow money trail: Sa". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. "Kiwis call up Test surprises". Fox Sports. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2008.
  6. "NRL's island talent". Samoa Observer. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
  7. "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  8. "Kiwis to wait on Webb and Matai". BBC. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  9. "Setaimata Sa detained by police after running riot at hotel". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  10. "Sa joins Johnson at Dragons". superleague.co.uk. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 2014-05-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. Former Kiwi Sa signs with English club rugby The Press, 3 May 2012
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