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| Born | Scott Sio 16 October 1991 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 122 kg (269 lb; 19 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | David Sio (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott Sio (born 16 October 1991) is an Australian and Samoa rugby union player who plays for Cardiff Rugby and is a former coach at Devon club Topsham RFC. His playing position is prop. He made his Brumbies debut during the 2012 Super Rugby season against the Sharks in Canberra.
Sio was educated at Sydney's Trinity Grammar School, where he achieved the roles of Captain of Rugby and School Vice-Captain in 2009. Later that year, he represented NSW Schoolboys, Australia A Schoolboys and Australian Schoolboys.
Sio represented the Australia under 20 at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.
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 Wallabies debut at loosehead prop against the All Blacks in Sydney during the 2013 Rugby Championship. He would go on the make his run on debut against the All Blacks again in Sydney during the 2015 Rugby Championship after two impressive cameos from the bench against South Africa and Argentina. He was named in the Wallabies 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Scott would make his debut for Manu Samoa in November of 2025 against Namibia after a 3 year stand down period having last played for the Wallabies in September of 2022, going on to help them qualify for the 2027 World Cup taking place in Australia.
He is the son of former Manu Samoa 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)
On 17 August 2022, Sio signed with the Exeter Chiefs who compete in the Premiership Rugby competition on a long-term deal for the 2022-23 season.
On June 23 2026, Sio was announced by Cardiff Rugby on a long-term contract for the upcoming 2026-27 season.
Super Rugby statistics
- As of 22 July 2016
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Brumbies | 4 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Brumbies | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1050 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Brumbies | 15 | 15 | 0 | 994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Brumbies | 13 | 13 | 0 | 844 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Brumbies | 15 | 13 | 2 | 781 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 65 | 53 | 12 | 3761 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
Reference list
- ↑ "Scott Sio". Cardiff Rugby. Retrieved 10 October 2026.
- ↑ "Scott Sio". Cardiff Rugby. Retrieved 10 October 2026.
- ↑ "2011 Squad announcement". Retrieved 1 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Brumbies stun Lions to create rugby history". brumbies.rugby. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
- ↑ Hinds, Alex (21 August 2015). "Rugby World Cup 2015: Michael Cheika reveals Wallabies' 31-man squad". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
- ↑ "Scott's in a name? Sio's proud heritage". Courier Mail. 16 August 2013.
- ↑ "Exeter Chiefs sign Australia prop Scott Sio on long-term contract". Sky Sports. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ↑ Rugby, Cardiff (23 June 2026). "Semisi Paea Signs for Cardiff". Cardiff Rugby. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
External links
- Scott Sio at ESPNscrum (archived)
- Scott Sio at ItsRugby.fr (in French)
- Scott Sio at All.Rugby
- Scott Sio at RugbyDatabase.co.nz
- Wallabies profile
- Brumbies profile
- Atar Confidence
