Birth name | Temi Asewunwi Lasisi [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 May 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Enniscorthy, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18.1 st; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | CBS Enniscorthy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Temi Lasisi (born 9 May 2001) is an Irish rugby union player, currently playing for United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup side Connacht, having previously represented Leinster. His preferred position is prop. [2]
Temi was named in the Leinster Rugby academy for the 2021–22 season. [3] He made his debut in the re-arranged Round 9 of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship against Ulster. [4] Lasisi had previously played as a Number 8 before moving to prop. [5] A student at Technological University Dublin he played his junior rugby for Enniscorthy before switching to Lansdowne. [6] Previously, Lasisi had wished to be a footballer, before switching to rugby as an eleven year old. [7] On the 9th of May 2024, Connacht announced Lasisi would be joining from Leinster.