Sinoti Sinoti (born 9 September 1985) is a New Zealand-born Rugby Union footballer. He is now retired but played for the

Samoa national rugby union team The Samoa national rugby union team (also known as Manu Samoa) represents Samoa in men's international rugby union and it is governed by the Samoa Rugby Union. They are also known as Manu Samoa, which is thought to derive from the name of a Samo ...

Club career

Prior to the start of the 2008–09 season Sinoti began his professional career with French club Toulon, playing in the same team as cousin

Jerry Collins Jerry Collins (4 November 1980 – 5 June 2015) was a Samoan – New Zealand rugby union player. He played for New Zealand, for whom he was capped 48 times, as well as for the Wellington Hurricanes in New Zealand, Toulon and Narbonne in the Rugb ...

. Following a two-year spell in France, including a spell with Castres Olympique, he returned to New Zealand, and played for Hawkes' Bay in the National Provincial competition. In September 2011 he signed a contract to play with Italian team

Aironi Aironi Rugby (, "herons") was an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup, representing the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. It lost its status as a regional side at the end of the 2011–12 ...

. Following the demise of Aironi due to financial problems, he joined up with the replacement Italian representatives in the Pro 12 league,

Zebre Zebre Parma (, meaning "Zebras") are an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship and EPCR competitions from the 2012–13 season. They are based in Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. They are operated by the ...

. He left Zebre at the end of the 2012/13 season, and joined

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

for the 2013

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campaign. On 24 December 2013, Sinoti signed for English side Newcastle Falcons in the

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for the 2013-14 season. He quickly became a fan favourite due to his footwork, determination and aggression on the pitch, as well as his friendly and joking manner off the pitch. In January 2018, he was awarded Try of the Week for his week-13 try against

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. He left Newcastle for personal reasons with immediate effect on 16 November 2020.

International career

On 30 October 2010 Sinoti made his test debut for

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 ...

, against

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. An injury sustained on international duty saw Sinoti miss the Rugby World Cup 2015 in England. In summer 2018, he was recalled to join the

national rugby team that beat

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to qualify for a place in the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.

References

External links

Newcastle Falcons ProfileZebre Profile

Pro 12 Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinoti, Sinoti 1985 births Living people Rugby union players from Wellington City New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent Samoan rugby union players Rugby union wings Samoa international rugby union players Zebre Parma players RC Toulonnais players Castres Olympique players Aironi players Newcastle Falcons players Samoan expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Italy Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Italy