Setaimata Sa

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

Setaimata Sa

Personal information
Born	(1987-09-14) 14 September 1987 (age 37) Western Samoa
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb)[1]
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Second-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 Total 174 46 1 0 172 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
Position	Centre
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
Source: [2][3] As of 17 September 2009

Background

Sa was born in Samoa.^[4] His junior club was Shirley before he was poached by the Papanui Tigers as a 9 year old in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.

Rugby league career

Sa made his first grade debut for the Sydney Roosters against St. George Illawarra in round 7 of the 2006 NRL season. In his final year at the club during the 2009 NRL season, he made 20 appearances as the Sydney Roosters finished last for the first time since 1966 and claimed the Wooden Spoon.^[5] 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.^[6] He played for the Catalans Dragons in 2010 after sealing a release from the final two years of his Sydney Roosters contract. The deal was a part exchange transfer involving Jason Ryles moving in the opposite direction.^[7]

In 2014 Sa transferred to Hull F.C. on a contract until the end of 2015.^[8] On 25 October 2016, Sa signed a three-year contract with Australian Rugby League team Mackay Cutters who play in the Intrust Super Cup.

International career

He was called up for the 2008 ANZAC day test at the SCG.^[9] In August 2008, Sa was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,^[10] and in October 2008, he was named in the final 24-man Kiwi squad.^[11]

He also represented Samoa on five occasions scoring four 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. Sa was eligible to represent Samoa.^[12]

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 January 2013 after he received a work permit.^[13][14]

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