Salesi Sika
| Birth name | Charles Salesi Sika | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | July 7, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Haveluloto, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 250 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salesi Sika (born 6 July 1980) is a former Tongan-born American rugby union player and played as a wing or centre.
Sika played professional rugby in the French league for Castres Olympique and AS Béziers. He was a member of the United States national rugby union team from 2003–2009 and participated with the squad at the 2003 Rugby World Cup and the 2007 Rugby World Cup.[1]
Sika also played rugby for Brigham Young University in Utah where he was four time collegiate All-American, and played in the championship game in his senior year.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Player Profile
- ^ "Salesi Sika". Latter Day Sports. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010.
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- American rugby union players
- United States international rugby union players
- Tongan rugby union players
- Tongan Latter Day Saints
- American Latter Day Saints
- Tongan emigrants to the United States
- Rugby union players from Tongatapu
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- AS Béziers Hérault players
- Castres Olympique players
- American expatriate rugby union players in France