Raised in Perth, Western Australia,[5] Reesjan Pasitoa played his junior rugby with the Perth-Bayswater club and Trinity College, East Perth.[6] He moved to Queensland in 2017 to attend St Joseph's College, Nudgee on a rugby scholarship for his final three years of school.[6] Pasitoa guided Nudgee to consecutive GPS premierships in 2017 and 2018,[7] 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 [8] and New Zealand,[9] before playing on their successful Northern Hemisphere tour against Scotland [10] and Ireland.[11] In the following year, he steered the team to away victories over Fiji [12] and New Zealand in Hamilton.[13]
Rugby career
Pasitoa joined the Brumbies squad in Canberra ahead of the 2020 season.[14] He had actually signed with the team in late 2018 but still had one year of school left to complete.[7] He made his Super Rugby debut for the Brumbies in February 2020 from the bench in their third round match against the Highlanders.[3][15]
He signed with the Western Force after the 2021 season, in a return home to Perth where he had first started playing rugby.[2][6]
Notes
^Pasitoa received four caps for the Australian Schools & Under-18 team in 2018 [16] and two more caps on their tour to New Zealand in late 2019.[13][17]
