Lelia Masaga

Lelia Masaga
Rugby union career
Full name	Lelia Tony Corona Masaga
Date of birth	(1986-08-30) 30 August 1986
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
School	James Cook High School
Playing career
Position	Wing
New Zealand No.	1092
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2013–	Honda Heat	0	(0)
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–09 2010–12	Counties Manukau Bay of Plenty	36 29	(50) (90)
correct as of 2 August 2013.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–13	Chiefs	91	(190) 38t

correct as of 4 August 2013.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009	New Zealand	1	(0)
correct as of 5 November 2012.

Lelia Masaga (born 30 August 1986) is a professional rugby union player from New Zealand. Masaga is contracted to the Chiefs in Super Rugby where he plays on the wing. He is nicknamed Flash. His career was highlighted by selection for New Zealand representation in the 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Cup in France. Masaga was the top try scorer in the tournament with 7 tries.

The NZRU's controversial decision to 'recondition' established All Black test players including Chiefs anchors Sitiveni Sivivatu and Mils Muliaina allowed Masaga to cement his position in the side. Despite early losses in the 2007 season, coaches Ian Foster and Warren Gatland showed patience and trust in the young winger who has performed remarkably well, co-leading the tournament as top try scorer with 8 tries going into the last round. He was included in the All Blacks squad for the 2009 Iveco Series to cover for injuries when he earned his first test cap against Italy on 27 June 2009.

After the 2013 Super Rugby season, he would be off to play rugby in Japan^[1]

References

↑ Rugby Heaven. New Zealand: Fairfax. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.

External links

Honda Heat squad

Forwards	Youji Akiyama Goki Amano Shunya Goto Kousuke Hattori Yutaro Kamada Wataru Kanemoto Akito Kawamata Hiroto Kawasaki Manabu Kawazoe Ryota Kobayashi Salesi Manu Masayoshi Marumi Hugh McMeniman Kiminori Moto Koji Nakata Tomohiro Nishigaki Tomasi Soqeta Deon Stegmann Koshida Syouri Shota Takizawa Takashi Tanaka Atsushi Tsukamoto Finau Tupa Itsuki Watanabe

Backs	Takahiro Furuya Tomoyuki Harashima Mali Hingano Digby Ioane Hisayoshi Itou Gu Jiyun Tetsuro Kamata Ryota Kayama Daisuke Konishi Lomano Lemeki Lelia Masaga Kaito Morikawa Ryo Morita Naoki Motomura Yushi Nakamura Yuta Nakarai Hiroto Nakata Paku Songi Takahito Takemaru Yuki Taniguchi Nobutaka Ubukata Kenta Yamaji Yang Young-hun Daiki Yasuoka

Coach	Tomoaki Fujimoto

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