Kimami Sitauti (born 12 April 1991) is an

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player. He plans to join the for the

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season. His playing position is right-winger. He is of Tongan heritage.

Move from New Zealand & early career

Sitauti is from Auckland, and he was part of Auckland Under 14s in 2005. He moved to Australia and attended

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in 2008. He was still in Year 12 at Nudgee, when he was named to play for Souths in the final of the club competition.

Australian sevens and under 20s

In 2010 Sitauti got his first taste of sevens for Australia in Darwin. He travelled to New Zealand for more sevens at the Cake-Tin in Wellington before going to India to compete in sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He was part of the Australian Under 20s at the

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Super Rugby

He was part of the

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squad in

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although he did not make any first-team appearances. He spent

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with the

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, before contracting to join the for

References

External links

Rebels profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sitauti, Kimami 1991 births Australian rugby union players Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent ACT Brumbies players Queensland Reds players Melbourne Rebels players Bay of Plenty rugby union players Rugby union wings Rugby union players from Brisbane Sportsmen from Queensland Male rugby sevens players Living people Australia international rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia Australian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Colomiers Rugby players RC Narbonne players Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee