Fritz Lee
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| Date of birth | 29 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Motoʻotua, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (236 lb; 16 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Tangaroa College, St Joseph’s College, Marist Brother’s School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Early life
[edit]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.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]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.[4]
International career
[edit]He earned his first cap with the New Zealand Sevens in 2010.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fritz Lee | ASM Rugby | French Profile". asm-rugby.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "FRITZ LEE, LES SENTIERS DE LA GLOIRE".
- ^ "Lee buckles down for hard year".
- ^ ESPN Scrum.com (4 December 2013). "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". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
External links
[edit]- Fritz Lee at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Fritz Lee at European Professional Club Rugby
- Fritz Lee at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Chiefs profile
- Yahoo NZ profile
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- Living people
- 1988 births
- Samoan rugby union players
- Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
- Counties Manukau rugby union players
- ASM Clermont Auvergne players
- Rugby union number eights
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1980s birth stubs