Samu Wara

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Samu Wara
Rugby union career

Full name	Samu Wara
Date of birth	(1986-01-24) 24 January 1986
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing career
Position	Winger
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
2010–12	Northern Suburbs, NSW
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2013–14	Oyannax	3	(0)
correct as of 4 January 2014.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011 2012	Brumbies Force	0 9	(0) (15)

correct as of 22 May 2012.

Samu Wara (born 24 January 1986 in Sydney) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is on the wing.

Career

Wara was born and raised in Leichhardt, where he played junior rugby league. He went on to play NSWRL Premier League with Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers in 2007. He joined South Sydney's feeder club North Sydney Bears in 2008, where he played in the NSW Cup in 2008 and 2009.^[1]^[2] Wara made the NSW Cup Team of the Year in 2008.

He switched codes in 2010 to play rugby union with Northern Suburbs, and was selected to join the the Brumbies academy by then coach Andy Friend. Wara was included in the Brumbies squad for 2011, but Friend was sacked at the start of the season and Wara did not get to play in the senior team.^[1]^[2] Wara joined the Western Force and made his franchise debut in Week 1 of the 2012 Super Rugby season against the Brumbies in Canberra.^[3] He went on to earn 9 caps over the season for the Force.^[4]

After a brief stint playing in Port Macquarie in 2013,^[1] Wara joined French Top 14 club Oyannax for the 2013–14 season.^[4]

Reference list

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Attard, Matthew (1 April 2013). "Former Force player will hunt with Sharks". Port Macquarie News. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Pandaram, Jamie (9 April 2012). "Western Force winger Samu Wara to inflict more pain on the Waratahs". Daily Telegraph.
↑ "Western Force profile". rugbywa.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Samu Wara". itsrugby.co.uk.

External links

"Samu Wara Top 14 Player Log". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.

Squads

v t e Force – 2012 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Oliver Atkins Phoenix Battye Richard Brown Nathan Charles Angus Cottrell Pekahou Cowan Tetera Faulkner Matt Hodgson Anare Koliavu Kieran Longbottom Toby Lynn Salesi Ma'afu Salesi Manu Lachlan McCaffrey Ben McCalman David Pocock Nathan Sharpe Ruan Smith Elvis Taione Ben Whittaker Sam Wykes

Backs	Nick Cummins Patrick Dellit Kyle Godwin David Harvey Josh Holmes Alfie Mafi Napolioni Nalaga Ben Seymour Brett Sheehan Cameron Shepherd Rory Sidey Winston Stanley James Stannard Will Tupou Justin Turner Samu Wara Did not play: Gene Fairbanks Jordan Rapana

Coach	Richard Graham

v t e Brumbies – 2011 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Tom Boidin Sam Carter Mitchell Chapman Mark Chisholm Huia Edmonds Rocky Elsom Colby Fainga'a Ben Hand Anthony Hegarty Stephen Hoiles Michael Hooper Peter Kimlin Elvis Levi Salesi Ma'afu Stephen Moore Jono Owen Dan Palmer Julian Salvi Ita Vaea Henry Vanderglas Jerry Yanuyanutawa

Backs	Adam Ashley-Cooper Robbie Coleman Francis Fainifo Matt Giteau Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Patrick Phibbs Andrew Smith Tyrone Smith Henry Speight Matt Toomua Josh Valentine Nic White Did not play: Ed Stubbs Samu Wara

Coach	Tony Rea

v t e 2008 NSW Cup Team of the Year

1. Samu Wara 2. Nick Taylor 3. Etu Uaisele 4. Greg Nicholls 5. Byron Ford 6. Russell Aitken 7. James Maloney 8. Jeremy Latimore 9. Stuart Flanagan 10. Ryan Tandy 11. Corey Vlaciky 12. Yileen Gordon 13. Hep Cahill 14. Jeff Robson 15. Jack Afamasaga 16. Daine Laurie 17. Broderick Wright

Persondata
Name	Samu Wara
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby player
Date of birth	24 January 1986
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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