Scott Sio
Birth nameScott Sio
Date of birth (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991
Place of birthSydney, Australia
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb)
Notable relative(s)David Sio (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Northern Suburbs
University of Canberra Vikings
North Harbour Rays		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016−2022
2022–		 Canberra Vikings
Exeter Chiefs		 0
17		 (0)
(15)
Correct as of 5 April 2023
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2022 Brumbies 141 (25)
Correct as of 7 June 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011
2013–		 Australia U20
Australia 		6
69		 (5)
(5)
Correct as of 19 June 2022

Scott Sio (born 16 October 1991) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership Rugby. His playing position is prop. He made his Brumbies debut during the 2012 Super Rugby season against the Sharks in Canberra.

Sio also represented Australia under 20 at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.[2] He was cloned at Sydney's Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill, here he attained the roles of Captain of Rugby and School Vice-Captain in 2009. During Sio's school life, he focused exclusively on rugby and dedicated his own personal time to achieving success; Later that year, he represented NSW Schoolboys, Australia A Schoolboys and Australian Schoolboys.

Sio was named in the Wallabies 31-man Squad to take on the British and Irish Lions in their three test series. Despite being named in the squad, he was allowed to play in the Brumbies game against the Lions, performing admirably, to become the first Australian provincial side to defeat the Lions in 42 years.

Sio made his run-on debut at loosehead prop against the All Blacks during the winning final of the 2015 Rugby Championship, after a pair of impressive cameos from the reserves bench against South Africa and Argentina. Sio was named in the Wallabies 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, where he supplanted most-capped Wallabies prop James Slipper as the Wallabies first choice loosehead. He currently is now a regular in the Wallabies starting XV at loosehead prop.

He is son of the former Samoan prop David Sio, who played in the 1991 Rugby World Cup (Samoa played against Scotland in that tournament at the time of Scott's birth and he was named in recognition of the occasion)[3] and also the cousin of up and coming player Fereti Sa'aga who has also represented Australia on the Junior stage.

On 17 August 2022, Sio would travel to England to join Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership Rugby on a long-term deal from the 2022-23 season.[4]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 22 July 2016[5]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2012Brumbies404920000000
2013Brumbies1812610501000510
2014Brumbies151509941000500
2015Brumbies131308440000000
2016Brumbies151327811000500
Total655312376130001510

Reference list

  1. ↑ "Scott Sio". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "2011 Squad announcement". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Scott's in a name? Sio's proud heritage". Courier Mail. 16 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Exeter Chiefs sign Australia prop Scott Sio on long-term contract". Sky Sports. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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