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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name            = Semo Sititi
| image           = Semo Sititi.jpg
| caption         =
| birth_name      = Lemalu Semo Sititi
| birth_place     = [[Motootua|Moto'otua]], [[Samoa]]
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| height          = {{height|m=1.88}}
| weight          = {{convert|105|kg|lb||abbr=on}}
| relatives       = [[Wallace Sititi]] (son)
| school          = St Joseph's College, Samoa
| position       = [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]], [[Number 8 (rugby union)|Number 8]]
| amatyears1      = 1990–1999
| amatyears2      = 2000–2001
| amatteam1       = [[Marist St. Joseph|Marist St Joseph]]
| amatteam2       = Marist St Pats
| repteam1        = [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]]
| repteam2        = [[Pacific Islanders rugby union team|Pacific Islanders]]
| repyears1       = 1999–2009
| repyears2       = 2004–2006
| repcaps1        = 59
| repcaps2        = 4
| reppoints1      = 85
| reppoints2      = 0
| years1          = 2000–2001
| years2          = 2001–2002
| years3          = 2002–2004
| years4          = 2004–2005
| years5          = 2005–2006
| years6          = 2006–2009
| clubs1          = [[Wellington Rugby Football Union|Wellington]]
| clubs2          = [[Cardiff RFC|Cardiff]]
| clubs3          = [[Border Reivers (rugby)|Borders]]
| clubs4          = [[Newcastle Falcons|Newcastle]]
| clubs5          = [[Border Reivers (rugby)|Borders]]
| clubs6          = [[NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes]]
| apps1           = 13
| apps2           = 15
| apps3           = 28
| apps4           = 22
| apps5           = 20
| points1         = 5
| points2         = 10
| points3         = 25
| points4         = 5
| points5         = 5
| super1          = [[Wellington Hurricanes|Hurricanes]]
| superyears1     = 2000
| superapps1      = 5
| superpoints1    = 0
| province1       = 
| provinceyears1  = 
| provinceapps1   = 
| provincepoints1 = 
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1974|03|06|df=yes}}
| repsevensyears1 = 1994–2005
| repsevensteam1  = {{nrut7|Samoa}}
| repsevenscomp1  = 
| coachyears1     = 2014–
| coachteams1     = [[Samoa national under-20 rugby union team|Samoa U20]] 
}}
'''Semo Sititi''' (born 6 March 1974) is a [[rugby union]] footballer in [[Samoa]]. He was born in [[Motootua]].

==Career==
He is a [[Flanker (rugby union)|flanker]] and last played for [[Ricoh Black Rams|Ricoh]] in Japan, having previously played for [[Pro14|Celtic League]] side [[Border Reivers (rugby)|Border Reivers]] and [[Manu Samoa]] internationally. He made his [[Rugby union#Major international competitions|test]] debut in 1999 against [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] in [[Apia]], Samoa. Of [[Manu Samoa]]'s squad of 30 at the [[1999 Rugby Union World Cup|1999 Rugby World Cup]] Sititi was the only one based in Samoa.

Sititi took over the role of captain of Samoa when [[Pat Lam]] retired after the [[1999 Rugby Union World Cup]]. He has also skippered the Samoa 7s team, including a trip to the 2001 Rugby World Cup 7s in Argentina. In 2000, he won a [[Super Rugby|Super 12]] contract with the [[Wellington Hurricanes]], making five appearances, he also played 13 times for [[Wellington Lions|Wellington]] in the [[National Provincial Championship (1976–2005)|National Provincial Championship]] scoring one try.

In 2002 he joined [[Cardiff Blues|Cardiff]] and then [[Border Reivers (rugby)|Borders]] in Scotland, where he played for two seasons and then signed for the [[Newcastle Falcons]] and later returned to Borders in 2005. He played in the [[2003 Rugby Union World Cup|2003 Rugby World Cup]] and scored a try against the eventual champions [[England national rugby union team|England]]. Semo is Samoa's third most capped player.

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19991008084049/http://www.manusamoa.net/ Manu Samoa supporters website]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927172134/http://www.thepacificislanders.com/ Pacific Islanders Rugby Teams supporters website]

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{{Samoa 2001 Rugby Sevens World Cup Squad}}
{{Samoa Squad 1999 World Cup}}
{{Samoa 1997 Rugby Sevens World Cup Squad}}

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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cardiff RFC players]]
[[Category:Rugby union flankers]]
[[Category:Samoan rugby union players]]
[[Category:Newcastle Falcons players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tuamasaga]]
[[Category:Border Reivers players]]
[[Category:Samoa international rugby union players]]
[[Category:Pacific Islanders rugby union players]]
[[Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in England]]
[[Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in Wales]]
[[Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in Scotland]]
[[Category:1999 Rugby World Cup players]]
[[Category:2003 Rugby World Cup players]]
[[Category:2007 Rugby World Cup players]]
[[Category:Wellington rugby union players]]
[[Category:Hurricanes (rugby union) players]]


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