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Semisi Masirewa (セミシ マシレワ, Semishi Mashirewa, born 9 June 1992) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Japan Rugby League One club Kintetsu Liners. Born in Fiji, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.[1][2]
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Date of birth | 9 June 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Taveuni, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Wanganui High School Feilding High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
editMasirewa was born in Fiji, and moved to New Zealand in 2010 after receiving a scholarship to attend Wanganui High School. He went on to move to Feilding High School, following another scholarship, for his final year of education. After finishing school Masirewa moved North to the Waikato to join some family members. This came as a result of at the time the Manawatu union showed no interest in him. After playing eleven games for Waikato Masirewa was mainly involved in development squads. He was then loaned to Manawatu to provide injury cover. He played both sevens and 15-a-side formats for the province. Based on his form he was offered a two-year Super Rugby contract by the Western Force starting the next season, in 2016.[3]
He then signed a two-year deal to play for Kintetsu Liners in Japan. Furthermore, he was also called up to play for the Japanese-based Sunwolves in Super Rugby during the 2018 season.[citation needed]
Personal life
editMasirewa has three siblings. His father died while he attended Feilding High School.[3] Masirewa and his wife, Lara, have a young son named Fletcher.[4][5]
Career statistics
editClub summary
edit- As of 25 July 2016[1]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2016 | Force | 15 | 7 | 8 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 15 | 7 | 8 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Semisi Masirewa itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Semisi Masirewa Manawatu Turbos Player Profile". Turbos Rugby. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Manawatu fullback Semisi Masirewa nabs Super contract in Perth". Stuff.co.nz. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Masirewa scores biggest try". www.fijitimes.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Eyes for Fiji". www.fijitimes.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
External links
edit- Semisi Masirewa at ESPNscrum
- Semisi Masirewa at ItsRugby.co.uk