Siua Pututau Maile (born 18 February 1997) is a Tongan professional

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player who plays as a hooker for

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club Benetton and the Tonga national team.

Early life

Siua grew up in Tonga since his birth and moved to New Zealand in 2013 to pursue a rugby scholarship at Timaru Boys' High School and later became a roofer in Christchurch. Siua is married to Mele Vuka Maile and has two son’s VaiTo’I Maile, Siosiua Maile.

Professional career

He played for Manawatu from 2020 to 2022 and for

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in Super Rugby in 2022. He made his international debut for Tonga against

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in a World Cup warm-up match on 7 September 2019.He represented also

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for the

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which was held in Japan for the first time and also marks his first World Cup appearance. Prior to his World Cup call, he served as a roofer in

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. He made his debut World Cup match appearance in a

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match against

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on 22 September 2019.

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Siua Maile
at Rugby Database 1997 births Living people Tongan rugby union players Tonga international rugby union players Rugby union hookers Tongan expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Manawatu rugby union players Hurricanes (rugby union) players Benetton Rugby players Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Expatriate rugby union players in Italy Tongan expatriate rugby union players Tongan expatriate sportspeople in Italy People educated at Timaru Boys' High School {{Tonga-rugbyunion-bio-stub