| Birth name | Charles Salesi Sika | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1980-07-07) July 7, 1980 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
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.
See also
References
- Player Profile
- "Salesi Sika". Latter Day Sports. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010.
- 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