Scott Sio (born 16 October 1991) is an

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player who plays for the

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in the

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and coaches local Devon club Topsham RFC. His playing position is

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. He made his

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debut during the

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against the

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. 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 Australia under 20 at the

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. Sio was named in the

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31-man Squad to take on the

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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 run-on debut at loosehead prop against the

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during the winning final of the 2015 Rugby Championship, after a pair of impressive cameos from the reserves bench against

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and

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. Sio was named in the Wallabies 31-man squad for the

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, where he supplanted most-capped Wallabies prop

James Slipper James Alexander Slipper (born 6 June 1989), nicknamed Slips and the Golden Slipper, is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Super Rugby club ACT Brumbies and the Australia national team. In September 2024, Slipp ...

as the Wallabies first choice loosehead. He currently is now a regular in the

starting XV at loosehead prop. He is son of the former Samoan prop

David Sio Tavita G. Sio, also known by his anglicised name David Sio (born Apia, 21 June 1962) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He played as a prop. Career He made his debut for Samoa in a test match against Tonga, at Tokyo on 11 April 1990. He was ...

, who played in the

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(Samoa played against

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in that tournament at the time of Scott's birth and he was named in recognition of the occasion) and also the cousin of up and coming player Fereti Sa'aga who has also represented Australia on the Junior stage. On 17 August 2022, Sio joined

in the

on a long-term deal from the 2022-23 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sio, Scott 1991 births Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players ACT Brumbies players Living people Rugby union props Rugby union players from Sydney Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent Canberra Vikings players Sydney (NRC team) players Exeter Chiefs players Australian expatriate rugby union players in England 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players Northern Suburbs Rugby Club players People educated at Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) 21st-century Australian sportsmen