| Full name | Joseph Saitia Mano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 2, 1995 Hawaii, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Saitia Mano (born July 2, 1995) is a professional rugby union player from American Samoa.
Born in Hawaii, Mano was named after his elder brother, who died of cancer shortly after Mano's birth. He was brought up in the village of Lauliʻi in American Samoa and attended Fa’asaō Marist High School.
Mano, a winger, represented American Samoa in rugby sevens qualifying matches for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He has played Major League Rugby for the Utah Warriors since 2021. His 14 tries for Utah in the 2023 season was matched only by New England's Paula Balekana. In 2023, Mano scored a hat-trick on debut for the United States against Brazil in Villajoyosa, Spain, becoming the first Eagles debutant to achieve the feat in the professional era.