Kimami Sitauti

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| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

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| school = St Joseph's College, Nudgee

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Kimami Sitauti (born 12 April 1991) is an Australian rugby union player. He plans to join the {{Rut|Rebels}} for the 2013 Super Rugby season.

His playing position is right-winger. He is of Tongan heritage.

Move from New Zealand & early career

Sitauti is from Auckland, and he was part of Auckland Under 14s in 2005.{{cite web | url = http://www.mags.school.nz/Story?Action=View&Story_id=2714 | title = Rugby Representatives | work = Sports News | year = 2005 | publisher = Mount Albert Grammar | accessdate = 16 August 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130223035404/http://www.mags.school.nz/Story?Action=View&Story_id=2714 | archive-date = 23 February 2013 | url-status = dead }} He moved to Australia and attended Nudgee College in 2008. He was still in Year 12 at Nudgee, when he was named to play for Souths in the final of the club competition.{{cite web | url = http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby-union/souths-punt-on-schoolboy-kimami-sitauti-for-premier-rugby-grand-final-against-brothers/story-e6frepm6-1225776698517 | title = Souths punt on schoolboy Kimami Sitauti for Premier Rugby grand final against Brothers | first = Jim | last = Tucker | work = The Courier-Mail | date = 18 September 2009 | publisher = News Queensland | accessdate = 16 August 2012}}

Australian sevens and under 20s

In 2010 Sitauti got his first taste of sevens for Australia in Darwin. He travelled to New Zealand for more sevens at the Cake-Tin in Wellington{{cite press release | url = http://www.aru.rugby.com.au/news/sevens/aussies_keen_to_stop_new_zealand_sevens_hat-trick,136150.html/news/archive/section/21893 | title = Aussies keen to stop New Zealand Sevens hat-trick | date = 3 February 2010 | publisher = ARU | accessdate = 16 August 2012}} before going to India to compete in sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

He was part of the Australian Under 20s at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championships.{{citation | title = Kimami Sitauti | url = http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/wiki/kimami-sitauti/ | accessdate = 6 December 2015}}

Super Rugby

He was part of the Reds squad in 2011 although he did not make any first-team appearances. He spent 2012 with the Brumbies, before contracting to join the {{Rut|Rebels}} for 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Super15/Jake-White-hunting-South-African-lock-20120813 | title = Jake hunting South African lock | date = 13 August 2012 | publisher = Sport24 | accessdate = 13 August 2012}}

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