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Peter Saili (born 04 January 1988) is a New Zealand rugby player, who plays at the Blindside Flanker/ No 8 postion position for the Blues in the Super 14.[1]
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Peter Saili (born 04 January 1988) is a New Zealand rugby player, who plays at the Blindside Flanker/ No 8 postion position for the Blues in the Super 14.[1]
Saili was born in Auckland and educated at St Peter's College where he played rugby in the school First XV. After leaving school he played for Auckland Marist.
Saili was a junior All Black in 2007 and 2008. In 2007 he was a member of the team which won the International Rugby Board's junior world championship (Under 19), defeating South Africa in the final (31-7).[2] In 2008 he was a member of the New Zealand team which won the International Rugby Board's junior world championship (the inaugural under-20 tournament), pulling off a crushing 38-3 win (four tries to none) over England in Swansea, Wales.[3][4] Saili started his professional rugby career in 2008, with a start in the NPC for Auckland against Poverty Bay. In 2009 he played commenced playing for the Blues in a match against the Western Force.[1]