Seina Saito
Date of birth (1992-05-30) 30 May 1992
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Mie Pearls (0)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2024 Chiefs Manawa 0 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
 Japan (0)

Seina Saito (born 30 May 1992) is a Japanese rugby union and rugby sevens player. She plays flanker for the Japan women's national rugby union team.

Career

Saito competed at the 2016 Asia Rugby Women's Championship.[1]

In 2017, she was named in the Japanese squad for the Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[2][3] She also competed at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup that was held in New Zealand.[4]

Saito played for MIE Pearls.[5]

On 28 November 2023, it was revealed that she had signed with the Chiefs Manawa for the 2024 Super Rugby Aupiki season.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Asia Rugby Womens Championship 2016". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. ↑ "Japan Women team announcement v Italy". ultimaterugby.com. 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  3. ↑ "Seina Saito, our employee, will appear in the Rugby World Cup" (PDF). sws.co.jp.
  4. ↑ "Japan Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – Japan 8-21 Italy". Rugby World. 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  5. ↑ "ＰＥＡＲＬＳ（パールズ）". mie-pearls.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  6. ↑ "Chiefs Manawa squad announced for 2024". Chiefs. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Sky Super Rugby Aupiki squads locked in for 2024". superrugby.co.nz. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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