{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Peter Saili | image = USO - UBB - 20150829 - Peter Saili.jpg | birth_name = Peter Saili | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|1|4}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | height = {{height|m=1.90}} | weight = {{convert|114|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | school = St Peter's College, Auckland | relatives = Francis Saili (brother) | ru_currentposition = | ru_currentteam = Valence Romans | position = Loose forward | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = 2015-2017 | years2 = 2017−2019 | years3 = 2019− | clubs1 = Bordeaux | clubs2 = Pau | clubs3 = Valence Romans | apps1 = 26 | apps2 = 12 | apps3 = 31 | points1 = 10 | points2 = 15 | points3 = 10 | superyears1 = 2009–2015 | super1 = Blues | superapps1 = 71 | superpoints1 = 20 | super14update = 13 July 2014 | provinceyears1 = 2008–2015 | province1 = Auckland | provinceapps1 = 70 | provincepoints1 = 20 | ru_provinceupdate = 19 October 2014 }}
'''Peter Saili''' (born 4 January 1988) is a New Zealand rugby player, who plays at the Blindside Flanker/ No 8 position for the Bordeaux.
==Early life== Saili was born in Auckland and educated at St Peter's College where he played rugby in the school First XV. He represented New Zealand in schoolboy and global under-age tournaments.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10714304">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=10714304 |title=Saili out to make No.8 role his own |last=Gray |first=Wynne |date=23 March 2011 |work=The New Zealand Herald |page=B018 |accessdate=2 November 2011}}</ref> After leaving school he played for Auckland Marist. He is the older brother of Blues and All Black centre Francis Saili.
==Career== Saili was a junior All Black in 2007 and 2008. In 2007 he was a member of the team which won the International Rugby Board's junior world championship (Under 19), defeating South Africa in the final (31-7).<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine'', 2007 p. 97</ref> In 2008 he was a member of the New Zealand team which won the International Rugby Board's junior world championship (the inaugural under-20 tournament), pulling off a crushing 38–3 win (four tries to none) over England in Swansea, Wales.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_475509">{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/news/475509 |title=Baby Blacks look the business |date=5 June 2008 |agency=NZPA |work=Rugby Heaven |publisher=Fairfax |accessdate=7 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="NZ_Herald_10517813">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10517813 |title=NZ Juniors world champions |date=23 June 2008 |agency=NZPA |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=2 November 2011}}</ref>
Saili started his professional rugby career in 2008, with a start in the NPC for Auckland against Poverty Bay. In 2009 he commenced playing for the Blues in a match against the Western Force.<ref name=Blues>[http://www.theblues.co.nz/index.cfm?layout=playerProfile&playerID=98 Blues rugby team profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603214203/http://www.theblues.co.nz/index.cfm?layout=playerProfile&playerID=98 |date=3 June 2010 }}</ref>
On 16 January 2015, it was revealed that The Blues had released Saili with immediate effect to allow him to take up a contract in France<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11387427|title=Contract terminated: Peter Saili leaves Blues for France|date=16 January 2015|agency=NZPA |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web | url=http://www.aucklandrugby.co.nz/npc/players/profile.html?playerid=16734755 | title=Peter Saili | publisher=Auckland Rugby Union website | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217082716/http://www.aucklandrugby.co.nz/npc/players/profile.html?playerid=16734755 | archivedate=17 February 2012 | accessdate=1 March 2013 }}
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