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==Playing career==
==Playing career==
Saia has represented [[Tonga national rugby league team|Tonga]] in eight International games between 2005 and 2006 and scored a try against [[Cumbria]] in 2006.<ref>[http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/no-whitehaven-return-for-saia-makisi-1.730111?referrerPath=sports No Whitehaven return for Saia Makisi] ''The Whitehaven News'', 7 July 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/haven-hopeful-on-return-for-makisi-1.541491?referrerPath=haven_2_1964 Haven hopeful on return for Makisi] ''News & Star'', 15 April 2009</ref>
Saia has represented [[Tonga national rugby league team|Tonga]] in eight International games between 2002 and 2006 and scored a try against [[Cumbria]] in 2006.<ref>[http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/no-whitehaven-return-for-saia-makisi-1.730111?referrerPath=sports No Whitehaven return for Saia Makisi] ''The Whitehaven News'', 7 July 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/haven-hopeful-on-return-for-makisi-1.541491?referrerPath=haven_2_1964 Haven hopeful on return for Makisi] ''News & Star'', 15 April 2009</ref>


Saia played for the [[New Zealand Residents]] sevens Team in the [[Rugby League World Sevens|World Sevens]] competition in Australia in 2004 and was immediately signed up by [[Cronulla Sharks]].
Saia played for the [[New Zealand Residents]] sevens Team in the [[Rugby League World Sevens|World Sevens]] competition in Australia in 2004 and was immediately signed up by [[Cronulla Sharks]].

Revision as of 18:40, 14 May 2016

Saia Makisi
Date of birth (1981-11-26) 26 November 1981 (age 42)
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb; 16.5 st)
Rugby league career
Position(s) Centre, Wing, Second Row

Saia Makisi (born 26 November 1981) is a Tongan rugby league player. Saia plays centre and can also play wing or second row. He stands 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in) tall and weighs 105 kg (231 lb; 16.5 st).

Playing career

Saia has represented Tonga in eight International games between 2002 and 2006 and scored a try against Cumbria in 2006.[1][2]

Saia played for the New Zealand Residents sevens Team in the World Sevens competition in Australia in 2004 and was immediately signed up by Cronulla Sharks.

He played for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the 2006 NSWRL Premier League and the Chester Hill Rhinos in the 2007 Jim Beam Cup.[3][4]

He signed a twelve-month contract for Whitehaven for the 2008 National League 1 season. He left the club in September 2008, joininh AS Carcassonne in France.[5]

References

  1. ^ No Whitehaven return for Saia Makisi The Whitehaven News, 7 July 2010
  2. ^ Haven hopeful on return for Makisi News & Star, 15 April 2009
  3. ^ Saia Makisi rleague.com
  4. ^ CHESTER HILL EDGE OUT THE ENTRANCE IN JIM BEAM CUP THRILLER rleague.com, 3 April 2007
  5. ^ Tongan Saia Makisi quits Whitehaven rugby for France News & Star, 25 September 2008