Bio

Back-row forward Iakopo Mapu joined Northampton Saints in November 2024, signing on with the Club until the end of the 2024/25 season.

A graduate of Massey High School in New Zealand, Mapu is a seven-cap international with Samoa – most recently representing his country in the Pacific Nations Cup in September, where the back rower scored in the Bronze Final as Samoa claimed the third-place prize.

Mapu arrives in Northampton following stints in New Zealand at Taradale, Hawke’s Bay and Kia Toa, as well as at Super Rugby franchise Moana Pasifika.