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Isoa Domolailai (lock)
Full name: Isoa Ulago Domolailai
Club: Toulon (France)
Fiji club: Army, Lautoka
Pacific Rugby Cup team: Fiji Warriors
Colonial Cup team: Stallions
Height: 2m04 (6'9")
Weight: 120kg
Born: 13 Jan 1981 in Sigatoka
Test Debut: 2001 vs Italy in Treviso
12 caps (17 games)
Now established as one of Fiji's first-choice locks. A tower in the line-out and a solid ball-carrier going forward.
Domolailai (meaning "small neck") played the 2000 season for Nadroga but switched to Lautoka in 2001 after joining the Army.
At first, he looked a little gangly and unco-ordinated, but after joining the Army he put on weight and quickly became one of Fiji's most powerful forwards.
Very competitive in the line-outs, Domolailai was in the secondary school squad for the Pacific Rim tour in 1998, and a year later he played for Fiji U19s against the Australian U19s.
Nominated for the Colt of the Year Award in 2000.
In February 2001, he played for the Fiji Emerging XV that defeated the touring Northern Bulls from South Africa.
Domolailai was also a member of the team which beat the Australian Barbarians in July and also won a gold medal at the World Games in Akita, Japan, in August.
Returned to the international scene in November 2004 against the NZ Divisional side but was stretchered off with a hip injury.
He returned a year later to seal his position at lock on all of Fiji's matches and took on the NZ Maoris in their narrow loss 29-27 in Suva.
Growing in each game, Domolailai continues to dominate from the front of the lineouts. In 2006, he continued his reputation as one of the best line-out jumpers in the Pacific 5 Nations competition.
Fiji record:
2001
| 7 Nov |
v Italy Regional XV in Milan |
W
|
33-23 |
|
| 10 Nov |
v ITALY at Stadio di Monigo at Treviso |
L
|
10-66 |
|
| 18 Nov |
v French Barbarians in Toulon |
W
|
17-15 |
|
| 25 Nov |
v FRANCE at Stade Municipal at St Etienne |
L
|
10-77 |
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2004
| 13 Nov |
v NZ Divisional XV at Churchill Park in Lautoka |
W
|
61-22 |
(-12) |
2005
| 3 Jun |
v NZ MAORIS at National Stadium in Suva |
L
|
27-29 |
|
| 10 Jun |
v NZ at North Harbour Stadium in Albany |
L
|
0-91 |
|
| 25 Jun |
v TONGA at National Stadium in Suva |
W
|
19-11 |
(-72) |
| 9 Jul |
v SAMOA at Apia Park in Apia |
L
|
10-36 |
(-70) |
| 30 Jul |
v SAMOA at National Stadium in Suva |
W
|
21-15 |
(-80) |
| 2 Nov |
v NZ Div XV at Churchill Park in Lautoka |
w
|
39-29 |
(-59) |
| 11 Nov |
v WALES at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff |
L
|
10-11 |
(yc, -77) |
2006
| 3 June |
v Junior All Blacks at National Stadium in Suva |
l
|
17-35 |
(-53) |
| 10 June |
v TONGA at Central Coast Stadium in Gosford |
L
|
23-24 |
|
| 17 June |
v ITALY at Churchil Park in Lautoka |
W
|
29-18 |
|
| 24 June |
v SAMOA at National Stadium in Suva |
W
|
23-20 |
|
| 1 July |
v JAPAN at Nagaya Stadium in Osaka |
W
|
29-15 |
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Record by nation:
| Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
t |
c |
p |
dg |
pts |
| Italy |
2 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| France |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Japan |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| NZ All Blacks |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| NZ Maoris |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Samoa |
3 |
2 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tonga |
2 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Wales |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Totals |
12 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Key: |
T = try, C = conversion, P = penalty goal, DG = dropped goal
(+) = substitute, (-) replaced, rc = red card, yc = yellow card
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Fiji 7s record:
2001 – World Games (Akita, Japan)
IRB Pacific Rugby Cup:
2006 – Fiji Warriors (3 games)
Total – 3 games
Colonial Cup:
2006 – Stallions (3 games)
Total – 3 games
Other teams:
1998 – Fiji Secondary Schools Pacific Rim tour
1999 – Fiji U21 v Australia U19
1999-2000 – Nadroga
2001 – Lautoka, Emerging Fijians v Northern Bulls, Fiji Warriors v Northern Bulls, Fiji Barbarians v Australian Barbarians
2002-04 – Marist Auckland (2003 Counties Colts)
2004 – Poverty Bay (NPC Div 3 champions) – 9 games
2005 – Northland (NPC) – 11 games
2006 – Nadroga
Schools:
1999-2000 – Sigatoka Methodist High
Father's village – Laselase, Nadroga
Mother's village – Sawana, Vanua Balavu
Grew up in Sigatoka
Hobbies: Listening to gospel music
Best rugby memory: Winning the NPC 3rd Division title
Worst rugby memory: Injuring my knee before RWC 2003 and having to have surgery
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