Titi Lamositele (born February 11, 1995) is an American

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player who plays at

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for

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and the United States national team.

Club career

Lamositele made his professional debut on March 22, 2015, playing 9 minutes off the bench for Saracens in an LV= Cup loss to

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. He helped Saracens win the European Champions Cup in 2017 and 2019, featuring in both finals. On 20 February 2020, Lamositele signed for French giants

in the

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ahead of the 2020–21 season.

International career

Lamositele debuted for the U.S. in 2013. Lamositele scored his first try for the United States in the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup against Samoa. Lamositele played for the U.S. at the

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and

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s. In 2023 Lamositele 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 ...

in the

Pacific Nations Cup The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition held between three Pacific states: Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The 2019 edition of the tournament will also include the national teams of Canada, Japan and United States. First hel ...

, switching nations due to World Rugbys Eligibility law change.

Honours

Saracens

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: 3 ( 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19) *

European Rugby Champions Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

: 3 ( 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19) *

Anglo-Welsh Cup The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs ...

: 1 ( 2014–15)

Montpellier Hérault

: 1 ( 2021–22) *

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)

References

External links

USA Rugby Profile
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