Fritz Lee
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Fritz Lee
| image = USO - ASM - 20150905 - Fritz Lee.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Lee representing Clermont during the Top 14
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|08|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Motoʻotua, Samoa
| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|107|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| school = Tangaroa College, St Joseph’s College, Marist Brother’s School
| university =
| relatives =
| position = Number 8, Flanker
| currentclub = Clermont
| years1 = 2007–2013
| clubs1 = Counties Manukau
| apps1 = 63
| points1 = 65
| years2 = 2011–2013
| clubs2 = Chiefs
| apps2 = 21
| points2 = 10
| years3 = 2013–
| clubs3 = Clermont
| apps3 = 269
| points3 = 237
| clubupdate = 17 February 2025
| repyears1 = 2022–
| repteam1 = Samoa
| repcaps1 = 8
| reppoints1 = 5
| repupdate = 28 August 2023
| ru_sevensnationalyears1 = 2010
| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = New Zealand
| ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = 3
| ru_sevensupdate = 28 August 2023
}}
Fritz Lee (born 29 August 1988) is a Samoan professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Top 14 club Clermont and the Samoa national team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.asm-rugby.com/%C3%A9quipe-joueurs/fritz-lee|title=Fritz Lee {{!}} ASM Rugby {{!}} French Profile|website=asm-rugby.com|access-date=1 October 2016|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512192445/https://www.asm-rugby.com/%C3%A9quipe-joueurs/fritz-lee|url-status=dead}}
Early life
Lee was born in Samoa, but left for New Zealand aged 15 to live with his uncle where he attended high school at Tangaroa College in Ōtara. Lee played in the 1st XV team (Pool 1A) alongside former Brave Blossoms Male Sa'u and former Sydney Roosters Frank-Paul Nuuausala, with the team coached by former Black Fern Davida White-Suasua and Waisake Sotutu.{{cite web|url=https://www.midi-olympique.fr/article/30162-fritz-lee-sentiers-gloire|title=FRITZ LEE, LES SENTIERS DE LA GLOIRE}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503436&objectid=11052477|title=Lee buckles down for hard year}}
Club career
He played for the Counties Manukau provincial team and in the Super 14 with the Chiefs. Lee signed a three-year contract with Clermont in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/france-top-14-2013-14/rugby/story/208007.html |title=Fritz Lee signs three-year deal with Clermont is still with the club 10 years later with his current contract ending 2023. He was part of the winning ASM Clermont Ferrand team in 2017 of the Brennus and in 2019 Man of the Match for their winning finaal in European Challlene cip |author=ESPN Scrum.com|publisher=ESPNscrum |date=4 December 2013 |accessdate=22 March 2015}}
International career
He earned his first cap with the New Zealand Sevens in 2010.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120502211140/http://www.chiefs.co.nz/the-team/team-gallery/fritz-lee.html Chiefs profile]
- [http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/rugby/player/2955/42/fritz-lee/ Yahoo NZ profile]
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{{Samoa 2023 Rugby World Cup squad}}
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Category:Samoan rugby union players
Category:21st-century Samoan sportsmen
Category:Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
Category:Counties Manukau rugby union players
Category:ASM Clermont Auvergne players
Category:Rugby union number eights
Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France
Category:New Zealand international rugby sevens players
Category:2023 Rugby World Cup players
Category:Samoa international rugby union players
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
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