Alamanda Motuga
Full name | Alamanda Lolo Motuga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 111 kg (245 lb; 17 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Manurewa High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alamanda Lolo Motuga (born 11 September 1994) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Super Rugby club Moana Pasifika. Born in New Zealand, he represents Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.[1]
Early life
[edit]Motuga was educated at Manurewa High School in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] He began playing rugby for Manurewa in the Counties-Manukau Amateur Federation Championship.[3] He also played rugby sevens with the Auckland Marist team.[4]
Club career
[edit]In 2020 he joined the Counties Manukau squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup.[5] In November 2020 he represented Moana Pasifika in their inaugural match against the Māori All Blacks.[6] In October 2021 he signed to Moana Pacifica for the 2022 season.[7]
International career
[edit]In February 2016 he was selected for the Samoa national rugby sevens team to play in the Las Vegas and Vancouver legs of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series.[4] In May 2016 he was part of the Samoan team that won the 2016 Paris Sevens.[8][9] He went on to represent Samoa in 36 sevens competitions from 2016.[10]
In July 2019 he was selected for the Samoa national rugby union team for the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup,[11] making his debut for the national side against Tonga. His performances for Samoa and Samoa Sevens earned him a call-up to the Samoa squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as a replacement for Afa Amosa.[12][13]
He competed for Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alamanda Motuga". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Manurewa High School Newsletter" (PDF). Manurewa High School. August 2012. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Sport: Manurewa keep hold of trophy". Stuff. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Pool C: New faces for Fiji and Samoa". HSBC World Sevens. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "2020 Counties Manukau PIC Steelers". Counties Manukau Rugby. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Moana Pasifika names side to face Māori All Blacks". allblacks.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Samoan Forward Pack Trio Sign for Moana Pasifika". Samoa Global News. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Samoa win Paris Sevens after stunning comeback against Fiji". Telegraph. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Au mo le Ta'ito'afitu i Pale na faalauiloa e le Palemia" (in Samoan). Samoa Observer. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Sport: New Samoa Sevens coach takes a long-term view". RNZ. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "PNC Preview – Samoa vs Tonga". ARN. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Samoa draft replacement for injured back-row Amosa". Rugby World Cup. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Thomas Airey (26 September 2019). "Motuga gets the call, Manu coach says he deserves opportunity". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ Chand, Shalveen (9 July 2024). "Manu Samoa's Olympic squad named". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Coach Selects Strong 14-Man Squad for Paris Olympics". Samoa Global News. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Alamanda Motuga at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Alamanda Motuga at ESPNscrum
- Alamanda Motuga at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Alamanda Motuga at Olympics.com
- Rugby World Cup profile
- 1994 births
- Samoan rugby union players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby union flankers
- Moana Pasifika players
- Counties Manukau rugby union players
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Pacific Games silver medalists for Samoa
- Pacific Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Samoa international rugby sevens players
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Samoa
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Samoan rugby union biography stubs