Full name | Joseph Saitia Mano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | July 2, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hawaii, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Saitia Mano (born July 2, 1995) is a professional rugby union player from American Samoa.[1]
Born in Hawaii, Mano was named after his elder brother, who died of cancer shortly after Mano's birth.[2] He was brought up in the village of Lauliʻi in American Samoa and attended Fa’asaō Marist High School.[3]
Mano, a winger, represented American Samoa in rugby sevens qualifying matches for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[4] He has played Major League Rugby for the Utah Warriors since 2021. His 14 tries for Utah in the 2023 season was matched only by New England's Paula Balekana.[5] In 2023, Mano scored a hat-trick on debut for the United States against Brazil in Villajoyosa, Spain, becoming the first Eagles debutant to achieve the feat in the professional era.[2]
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