The Seattle Seawolves re-signed AJ Mamoe Alatimu for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 28-year-old flyhalf (29 in March) is 5’10″ and 220 lbs.
AJ joined the team during the 2021 MLR season, playing 785 minutes in 10 matches as a starter, scoring 55 points (14 conversions & 9 penalty goals).
Alatimu was born in Apia, Samoa, and attended James Cook High School. He played rugby with Kiwi State University, and then with West Scarborough in 2015.
In 2016, he helped Perth Spirit win the National Rugby Championship and during the offseason, played with GPS Gallopers. In 2017 he played with Brisbane City in the NRC, and from 2018-2020 with Western Force. In 2020 Western Force played in the Global Rapid Rugby competition.
Alatimu joins the Seattle Seawolves from the GPS Gallopers. He also was an assistant coach with Wests Scarborough.
Samoa National Team
Alatimu represented the Samoa U20s from 2012-2013, making four appearances and scoring 28 points.
In 2017, he was selected to the Senior National Team and made his Manu Somoa debut against Scotland at Murrayfield on 11 November 2017. In 2019 he played in the Pacific Nations Cup and was selected to Samoa’s 2019 Rugby World Cup Squad. The last of his 6 tests was against Russia on 24 September at Kumagaya, Japan. It was his only RWC appearance in the 34-9 win, but it was a memorable one for him as he scored the team’s first try in the match.
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