Lagi Setu

Lagi Setu (born 25 February 1988) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer. In rugby league he primarily plays second-row, prop or lock.

Lagi Setu

Setu in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1988-02-25) 25 February 1988 (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–08 St. George Illawarra 31 1 0 0 4 2009–10 Brisbane Broncos 33 4 0 0 16 2013 Melbourne Storm 8 1 0 0 4 2015 Sydney Roosters 2 0 0 0 0 Total 74 6 0 0 24 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008 Samoa 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2015– Queensland Country 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 4 March 2018

Early life

Born in Auckland, New Zealand. Setus’ family moved to Ipswich, Queensland, where he was educated at Ipswich Grammar School.^[2]

He played his junior football in Ipswich Jets, also playing rugby union, before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Playing career

He played for the Dragons' Premier League reserve-grade team in 2006. In round 2 of the 2007 NRL season he made his NRL debut for St. George Illawarra against the Newcastle Knights. In 2008, Setu played twenty games for St. George's Toyota Cup team, scoring 1 try.^[3]

On 31 July 2008, Setu signed a contract with the Brisbane Broncos starting in 2009. Setu played 21 games for Brisbane in the 2009 NRL season as the club reached the preliminary final but were defeated 40-10 by Melbourne.^[4]

In 2010, Setu announced he would be leaving the Brisbane Broncos to serve a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Birmingham, England starting in 2011.^[5]

On 13 September 2012, Setu announced his return from his mission, signing a one-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2013.^[6] His first game was interchange for Storm's 2013 World Club Challenge win over Leeds.

He has signed with the Canberra Raiders for the 2014 NRL season on a two-year deal.^[7] Setu didn't make an appearance for the Raiders in the 2014 season.

On 6 November 2014, Setu signed a one-year deal with the Sydney Roosters for the 2015 NRL season.^[8][9]

Representative career

In 2008, Setu was named in the Samoan training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[10][11] He made the final squad and played 2 games.

Rugby Union

After the 2015 Rugby League season, Lagi returned to Rugby Union, signing with Queensland Country.^[12]