Lagi Setu

Lagi Setu
Setu in 2008
Personal information
Born (1988-02-25) 25 February 1988 (age 36)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionSecond-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.