Reesjan Pasitoa
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| Born | 13 March 2001 Perth, Western Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reesjan Pasitoa (born 3 December 2001) is an Australian professional rugby union player. He currently plays for the Highlanders in Super Rugby, having previously played for the Brumbies[2] and the Western Force.[3] His usual position is fly-half.[2][4]
Born[5] and raised in Perth, Western Australia,[6] Reesjan Pasitoa played his junior rugby with the Perth-Bayswater Rugby Club and Trinity College, East Perth.[7] Pasitoa's father was born in Niue in the Pacific, while his mother hails from Germany.[5] He moved to Queensland in 2017 to attend St Joseph's College, Nudgee on a rugby scholarship for his final three years of school.[7] Pasitoa guided Nudgee to consecutive GPS premierships in 2017 and 2018,[8] kicking the game-winning goal against arch-rivals Gregory Terrace in his first season.
He was selected for the 2018 Australian Schools & Under-18 team and played in Brisbane against Tonga[9] and New Zealand,[10] before playing on their successful Northern Hemisphere tour against Scotland [11] and Ireland.[12] In the following year, he steered the team to away victories over Fiji [13] and New Zealand in Hamilton.[14] Overall, Pasitoa received six caps for the team across 2018 and 2019.[15][14][16]
