Semo Sititi
Birth nameLemalu Semo Sititi
Birth placeMoto'otua, Samoa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
RelativesWallace Sititi (son)
SchoolSt Joseph's College, Samoa
PositionFlanker, Number 8
Amatyears 11990–1999
Amatyears 22000–2001
Amatteam 1Marist St Joseph
Amatteam 2Marist St Pats
Repteam 1Samoa
Repteam 2Pacific Islanders
Repyears 11999–2009
Repyears 22004–2006
Repcaps 159
Repcaps 24
Reppoints 185
Reppoints 20
Years 12000–2001
Years 22001–2002
Years 32002–2004
Years 42004–2005
Years 52005–2006
Years 62006–2009
Clubs 1Wellington
Clubs 2Cardiff
Clubs 3Borders
Clubs 4Newcastle
Clubs 5Borders
Clubs 6NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes
Apps 113
Apps 215
Apps 328
Apps 422
Apps 520
Points 15
Points 210
Points 325
Points 45
Points 55
Super 1Hurricanes
Superyears 12000
Superapps 15
Superpoints 10
Birth date6 March 1974 (age 52)
Repsevensyears 11994–2005

Semo Sititi (born 6 March 1974) is a rugby union footballer in Samoa. He was born in Motootua.

Career

He is a flanker and last played for Ricoh in Japan, having previously played for Celtic League side Border Reivers and Manu Samoa internationally. He made his test debut in 1999 against Japan in Apia, Samoa. Of Manu Samoa's squad of 30 at the 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 12 contract with the Wellington Hurricanes, making five appearances, he also played 13 times for Wellington in the National Provincial Championship scoring one try.

In 2002 he joined Cardiff and then 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 World Cup and scored a try against the eventual champions England. Semo is Samoa's third most capped player.