Jordan Andrew Lay (born 5 November 1992) is a Samoan professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Samoa national team.

Early life

Lay was born in Samoa, but moved to New Zealand with his parents at age 3 and went to school in Auckland.

Club career

In December 2017 Lay joined Pro14 side

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for the remainder of the season after a 2017

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campaign with Bay of Plenty. A request to add Lay to Edinburgh's

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squad in January 2018 was declined.

International career

On 23 August 2019, he was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the

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, before being named in the final 31 on 31 August.

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