Lagi Setu

Lagi Setu

Setu in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1988-02-25) 25 February 1988 (age 36) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–08 St. George Illawarra 31 1 0 0 4 2009–10 Brisbane Broncos 33 4 0 0 16 2013 Melbourne Storm 8 1 0 0 4 2015 Sydney Roosters 2 0 0 0 0 Total 74 6 0 0 24 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008 Samoa 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2015– Queensland Country 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 4 March 2018

Lagi Setu (born 25 February 1988) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer. In rugby league he primarily plays second-row, prop or lock.

Early life

Born in Auckland, New Zealand. Setus’ family moved to Ipswich, Queensland, where he was educated at Ipswich Grammar School.[2]

He played his junior football in Ipswich Jets, also playing rugby union, before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Playing career

He played for the Dragons' Premier League reserve-grade team in 2006. In round 2 of the 2007 NRL season he made his NRL debut for St. George Illawarra against the Newcastle Knights. In 2008, Setu played twenty games for St. George's Toyota Cup team, scoring 1 try.[3]

On 31 July 2008, Setu signed a contract with the Brisbane Broncos starting in 2009. Setu played 21 games for Brisbane in the 2009 NRL season as the club reached the preliminary final but were defeated 40-10 by Melbourne.[4]

In 2010, Setu announced he would be leaving the Brisbane Broncos to serve a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Birmingham, England starting in 2011.[5]

On 13 September 2012, Setu announced his return from his mission, signing a one-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2013.[6] His first game was interchange for Storm's 2013 World Club Challenge win over Leeds.

He has signed with the Canberra Raiders for the 2014 NRL season on a two-year deal.[7] Setu didn't make an appearance for the Raiders in the 2014 season.

On 6 November 2014, Setu signed a one-year deal with the Sydney Roosters for the 2015 NRL season.[8][9]

Representative career

In 2008, Setu was named in the Samoan training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[10][11] He made the final squad and played 2 games.

Rugby Union

After the 2015 Rugby League season, Lagi returned to Rugby Union, signing with Queensland Country.[12]

References

1. Rugby League Project
2. Jay Buchan (10 October 2008). "Setu embraces Samoan heritage". QT. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019.
3. "Lagi SETU". Rugby League Project. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010.
4. "NRL Thursday Arvo Wrap". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
5. "Famous Mormons in Rugby". famous mormons.net. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
6. "Storm builds strong front". Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
7. "Raiders sign Setu, Tupou". ABC News. 24 June 2013.
8. "Lagi Setu joins Roosters". National Rugby League. 6 November 2014.
9. "Lagi Setu signs with Roosters". Zero Tackle. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016.
10. "Samoa name World Cup Squad". League Unlimited. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
11. "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
12. "Former NRL star shapes as a dangerman for North Harbour Rays". Daily Telegraph. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

External links

• 2010 NRL.com profile