Rugby player
| Full name | Samuel Vinsene Slade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Mount Albert Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Vinsene Slade (born 28 August 1997) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Super Rugby club Moana Pasifika. Born in New Zealand, he represents Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Club career
Slade made his provincial debut for Auckland in 2017 and played 6 games and made the New Zealand Under 20's from that. In 2018 Samuel went on loan to Manawatu and played 8 times for the Province before going back up north in 2019 to Counties Manukau and since then has made 16 appearances for the union.
In 2019 he was recruited to the Colorado Raptors for the 2020 season.
He has signed with Moana Pasifika for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season.
International career
In 2021 Slade was selected for the Samoan national team to play 2 tests against the Maori All Black's and 2 against Tonga to qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
References
- "Viliami Taulani". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- "2020 Counties Manukau PIC Steelers". Counties Manukau Rugby. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- Peter Lampp (13 August 2018). "New Zealand under-20 rep Samuel Slade signs on ahead of NPC opening weekend". Stuff. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "Samuel Slade Ultimate Rugby".
- "Colorado Raptors Adds Sam Slade". DJ Coil Rugby. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "New Zealand u20 cap Sam Slade joins Colorado". ARN. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "Moana Pasifika community celebrates historic first Super Rugby squad". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
External links
- Sam Slade at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Steelers profile
- Ultimate Rugby profile
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| Samoa squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Head Coach: Seilala Mapusua | |
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- 1997 births
- Samoan rugby union players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby union flankers
- Auckland rugby union players
- Manawatu rugby union players
- Counties Manukau rugby union players
- Moana Pasifika players
- 21st-century Samoan sportsmen
- American Raptors players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School
- North Harbour rugby union players
- Samoan rugby union biography stubs