Alama Ieremia
| Date of birth | 27 October 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Motootua, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Samoa College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Centre / Coach | ||
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| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1989–2000 | Western Suburbs | () | |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2001–2004 | Suntory Sungoliath | 24 | () |
| Provincial / State sides | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1992–2000 | Wellington | 65 | () |
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1996–2000 | Hurricanes | 41 | (30) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1992–1993 1994–2000 |
Western Samoa New Zealand |
5 30 |
(0) (25) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Comps | |
| 1993 1997 |
Western Samoa New Zealand |
1 1 |
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| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2005–2007 2007 2007–2008 2009–2014 2014–2015 2015– |
Suntory Sungoliath (Asst. Coach) Wellington (Asst. Coach) WRFU Academy Hurricanes (Asst. Coach) Samoa (Asst. Coach) Samoa (Head Coach) |
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Namulauulu Alama Ieremia (born 27 October 1970) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former international player for Western Samoa and New Zealand. He is the current head coach and director of coaching of the Samoan national side.
Born and raised in Apia, Samoa, Ieremia moved to New Zealand at the age of 18 to study at Victoria University and to play rugby.
Ieremia played provincial rugby with Wellington between 1992 and 2000, which included a National Provincial Championship title in his final season with the club. He played Super Rugby with the Hurricanes from its inaugural season in 1996, with Alama having the distinction of scoring the first ever try in Super rugby, against Auckland Blues in Palmerston North - Auckland Blues went on to win the match 36–28. The Hurricanes finished 9th at the end of the season. Alama's best season came in 1997, when the Hurricanes made it to the Semi finals haven finished third at the end of the Regular season. However the Hurricanes went down to the ACT Brumbies 33–20 in Canberra. Ieremia was a regular selection for the Hurricanes, forming a reliable and formidable midfield partnership with Jason O'Halloran.
In 2001, Ieremia moved to Japan to play for Suntory Sungoliath, which included a season as captain, before returning to New Zealand in 2004 after retiring from playing rugby.
Ieremia began playing international rugby in 1992 for the now defunct national side Western Samoa. He made his debut on 13 June at Apia Park against Tonga, with Western Samoa winning 22–17. He earned 5 caps for Western Samoa, his last coming against the All Blacks at Eden Park on 31 July 1993, New Zealand winning 35–13, with the match being the first official international between the two countries.
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