Reesjan Pasitoa

Reesjan Pasitoa (born 3 December 2001) is an Australian professional rugby union player. He currently plays for the Western Force in Super Rugby,^[2] having previously played for the Brumbies.^[3] His usual position is fly-half.^[3][4]

Reesjan Pasitoa

Date of birth	(2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)
School	St Joseph's College, Nudgee
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Centre Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2025– Northland 3 (0) Correct as of 16 August 2025 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2020–2021 ACT Brumbies 10 (2) 2022–2025 Force 20 (10) Correct as of 21 May 2025 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2018–2019 Australia Schools & U18 6[a] (31) Correct as of 4 October 2019

Early life and junior rugby

Born^[5] and raised in Perth, Western Australia,^[6] Reesjan Pasitoa played his junior rugby with the Perth-Bayswater Rugby Club and Trinity College, East Perth.^[7] Pasitoa's father was born in Niue in the Pacific, while his mother hails from Germany.^[5] He moved to Queensland in 2017 to attend St Joseph's College, Nudgee on a rugby scholarship for his final three years of school.^[7] Pasitoa guided Nudgee to consecutive GPS premierships in 2017 and 2018,^[8] kicking the game-winning goal against arch-rivals Gregory Terrace in his first season.

He was selected for the 2018 Australian Schools & Under-18 team and played in Brisbane against Tonga^[9] and New Zealand,^[10] before playing on their successful Northern Hemisphere tour against Scotland ^[11] and Ireland.^[12] In the following year, he steered the team to away victories over Fiji ^[13] and New Zealand in Hamilton.^[14]

Career

Pasitoa joined the ACT Brumbies squad in Canberra ahead of the 2020 season.^[15] He had actually signed with the team in late 2018 but still had one year of school left to complete.^[8] He made his Super Rugby debut for the Brumbies in February 2020 from the bench in their third round match against the Highlanders.^[3][16]

He signed with the Western Force after the 2021 season, in a return home to Perth where he had first started playing rugby.^[2][7]

In June 2025, it was revealed in Australian sports news website The Roar, that Pasitoa would play for Northland in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship at the conclusion of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season.^[17]

Notes

1. Pasitoa received four caps for the Australian Schools & Under-18 team in 2018 ^[18] and two more caps on their tour to New Zealand in late 2019.^[14][19]