Scott Sio (born 16 October 1991) is an

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player who plays for the

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in the

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. His playing position is

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. He made his

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debut during the

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against the

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in Canberra. Sio also represented Australia under 20 at the

2011 IRB Junior World Championship The 2011 IRB Junior World Championship was the fourth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby' ...

. He was cloned at Sydney's Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill, here he attained the roles of Captain of Rugby and School Vice-Captain in 2009. During Sio's school life, he focused exclusively on rugby and dedicated his own personal time to achieving success; Later that year, he represented NSW Schoolboys, Australia A Schoolboys and

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. Sio was named in the Wallabies 31-man Squad to take on the

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in their three test series. Despite being named in the squad, he was allowed to play in the Brumbies game against the Lions, performing admirably, to become the first Australian provincial side to defeat the Lions in 42 years. Sio made his run-on debut at loosehead prop against the

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during the winning final of the 2015 Rugby Championship, after a pair of impressive cameos from the reserves bench against

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and

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. Sio was named in the Wallabies 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, where he supplanted most-capped Wallabies prop

James Slipper James Slipper (born 6 June 1989) is an Australian rugby union player who plays at prop. Slipper formerly captained the Queensland Reds, now playing for ACT Brumbies. Slipper made his debut during the 2010 Super 14 season. In June 2010 Slipper ca ...

as the Wallabies first choice loosehead. He currently is now a regular in the Wallabies starting XV at loosehead prop. He is son of the former Samoan prop

David Sio Tavita G. Sio, also known by his anglicised name David Sio (born Apia, 21 June 1962) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He played as a prop. Career He made his debut for Samoa in a test match against Tonga, at Tokyo on April 11, 1990. He was ...

, who played in the

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and also the cousin of up and coming player Fereti Sa'aga who has also represented Australia on the Junior stage. On 17 August 2022, Sio would travel to England to join

in the

on a long-term deal from the 2022-23 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sio, Scott 1991 births Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players ACT Brumbies players Living people Rugby union props Rugby union players from Sydney Australian people of Samoan descent Canberra Vikings players Sydney (NRC team) players Exeter Chiefs players