Full name Peter Samu Current club Tasman / Crusaders Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Years Team | Weight 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) Name Peter Samu Playing position | |
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Born 17 December 1991 (age 32)
Melbourne, Australia ( 1991-12-17 ) | ||
Peter samu
Peter Samu (born 17 December 1991) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as a loose forward for Tasman in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the Crusaders in the international Super Rugby competition.
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Early career
Born in Melbourne, Australia, he first made his way in rugby playing for Randwick in New South Wales' Shute Shield. Two spells in Sydney bookended a two-year stint in England playing local club rugby for St. Ives. He later moved to New Zealand in 2014 and began playing for Waimea Old Boys is the Tasman club rugby competition.
Senior career
Samu first made the Tasman squad for the 2014 ITM Cup and helped himself to 4 tries in 9 games as the Makos reached the competition's final before losing out to Taranaki. The following year, the men from Nelson reached the semi-finals of the 2015 ITM Cup with Samu once more playing 9 times while this time bagging 5 tries before scoring 3 times in 11 games in 2016 when the Makos were again defeated finalists, this time going down to Canterbury.
Super Rugby
Samu played for the Crusaders Knights development team in 2015 and was named as their player of the year before being promoted to their senior squad ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season. With competition for places tough among a star-studded Crusaders line-up which featured the likes of Kieran Read and Matt Todd, it was perhaps unsurprising that Samu only made 4 substitute appearances during his debut season. He was retained in the squad for 2017.
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