Saini Lemamea
| Date of birth | July 14, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Apia, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 2021 (aged 56)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Su'a Saini Lemamea (14 July 1964 – January 2021) was a Samoan rugby union player. He played as a lock. He was nicknamed as "Bushman" (which was given by the then-technical advisor of the Samoa national team Barry “Tizza” Taylor (who struggled with pronounce his full name),[2] due to his long hair.
Career
[edit]Lemamea was born in Apia. His first international cap was during a match against Ireland, at Lansdowne Road, on 29 October 1989.[3] Although he was not present in the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster, he took part at the 1995 Rugby World Cup,[4] playing two matches. His last international cap was during a match against Tonga, at Nuku'alofa, on 8 July 1995.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Samoa mourns death of two sporting stars". RNZ. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Samoa Rugby Fraternity Mourns the Passing of Su'a Saini Lemamea - Samoa Global News". Samoa Global News. 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ a b "Samoa Rugby Fraternity Mourns the Passing of Su'a Saini Lemamea". Samoa Global News. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "The Squads". The Dominion-Post. 19 May 1995. p. 26 – via EBSCOHost.
External links
[edit]- Saini Lemamea at ESPNscrum
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