Opeta Palepoi (born 2 December 1975) is a Samoan

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

footballer, with 48 caps. He currently plays for Scottish side

Gala RFC Gala Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Founded in 1875, it plays its home games at Netherdale. The team currently competes in Scottish National League Division One, the second tier of Scottish ...

. He has previously played for

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

Border Reivers Border reivers were Cattle raiding, raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border from the late 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. They included both Scotland, Scottish and England, English people, and they raided the entire border ...

and English club Harlequins. His first start for

was in season 2002–03. He played in the

2002–03 Scottish Inter-District Championship The 2002–03 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's professional district teams. With the re-emergence of the Border Reivers professional team and the collapse of the Welsh-Scottish League to make way ...

, the Bank of Scotland Pro Cup, against Border Reivers on 31 December 2002. The Warriors lost the match 21–6. He is 1.95m tall and weighs 106 kg. He was also a part of the

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

squad at the

2003 Rugby World Cup The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ...

in Australia.

References

External links

ERC Rugby profile

IRB 2003 profile

Manu Samoa supporters website
1975 births Living people Border Reivers players Samoan expatriate rugby union players in England Samoan expatriate rugby union players in Scotland Gala RFC players Gladiators Roma XIII players Glasgow Warriors players Rugby union locks Samoa international rugby union players Samoan rugby union players 1999 Rugby World Cup players 2003 Rugby World Cup players Harlequin F.C. players Wellington rugby union players {{Samoa-rugbyunion-bio-stub