Samiuela "Sam" Lousi (born 20 July 1991) is a Tongan professional rugby footballer. He currently plays rugby union for the Scarlets after earlier being with the Hurricanes and the

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. He has been capped for the Tonga national team. He previously played rugby league for the New Zealand Warriors. His usual playing position is Prop.

Family and early life

Lousi was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the younger brother of

Sione Lousi Sione Lousi (born 8 October 1989) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup. He has played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the New Zealand Warriors. Background He ...

who played international rugby league for Tonga. A

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and

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junior, Lousi was educated at St Paul's College in Auckland. He played for the New Zealand Warriors Toyota Cup squad, being part of their grand final winning squads in 2010 and 2011. He finished his Toyota Cup career with 43 games and 11 tries.Sam Lousi
''rleague.com'' Lousi represented the Junior Kiwis rugby league team in 2010 and 2011.

Career

Rugby league

Lousi signed with Warriors until the end of the 2013 season and was the tallest and second heaviest player in the squad. He spent the 2012 season playing for the

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in the NSW Cup before making his National Rugby League debut in round 20 as a last minute replacement for

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, who suffered an injury in pre-match warm ups. Lousi had played a game for the Vulcans earlier in the day.Injury report encouraging ahead of Perth trip
''warriors.co.nz'', 22 July 2012

Rugby union

Lousi signed with the NSW Waratahs for the 2015 season but, after gaining four caps, he suffered a shoulder injury which ended his

campaign. He joined the New South Wales Country Eagles team in the National Rugby Championship for the 2015 season. In 2016, he joined Sydney club Southern Districts. In 2019, he agreed to join Scarlets. In that same year he was selected to play for Tonga in the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

References

External links

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