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'Dels' made his Test debut against the US Eagles in June 2000 following an outstanding season on the IRB world sevens circuit in which he scored 82 tries. That feat earned him the Sevens Player of the Year at the Fiji Rugby Awards 2000.

His two tries in June 2001 led to Fiji’s first win against Samoa in Apia since 1986. He followed that up with a second-half hat trick of tries in the Pac Rim semi-final against Canada. Delasau possesses terrific acceleration and has a stunning sidestep that leaves his opponents grapsing at shadows. He also has the leg power to break tackles.

He underlined his immense ability by running rings round the New Zealand team at the Wellington 7s in February 2000. On his Hong Kong debut that year, he scored six tries against China before finishing as the tournament’s top try scorer with 11.

Delasau chose French club Stade Montois ahead of a Super 12 chance with Otago. He scored his first Test try against Tonga at Churchill Park in June 2001.

After missing the 2002 UK tour, Delasau showed he was back with a stunning try against the ACT Brumbies in June 2003, then another great effort against Canterbury a month later.

After two seasons in the Super 12 competition with Crusaders and Otago, respectively, Delasau signed up with French club Clermont.

Fiji record:
2000

30 June	v USA at Apia Park in Apia	W	37-21
7 July	v CANADA at Apia Park in Apia	W	42-11
15 July	v ITALY at Churchill Park in Lautoka	W	43-9

2001

25 May	v TONGA at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa	L	26-31
16 June	v TONGA at Churchill Park in Lautoka	W	25-20	T
23 June	v SAMOA at Apia Stadium in Apia	W	22-19	2T
4 July	v CANADA at Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo	W	52-23	3T
8 July	v SAMOA at Chichibunomiya in Tokyo	W	28-17
10 Nov	v ITALY at Treviso Stadium in Treviso	L	10-66
25 Nov	v FRANCE at Stade Municipal in St Etienne	L	10-77

2002

22 June	v SAMOA at Prince Charles Park in Nadi	L	12-22	T
29 June	v NEW ZEALAND at Westpac Trust Stadium in Wellington	L	18-68

2003

22 June	v ACT Brumbies at Canberra Stadium in Canberra	l	25-26	t
4 July	v TONGA at Prince Charles Park in Nadi	W	34-31	T
6 Aug	v Canterbury at Jade Stadium in Christchurch	w	41-38	t
9 Aug	v Marlborough at Lansdowne Park in Blenheim	w	75-12	t, (-57)
11 Oct	v FRANCE at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane	L	18-61	(-66)
15 Oct	v USA at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane	W	19-18
23 Oct	v JAPAN at Dairy Farmers Stadium in Townsville	W	41-13	(-67)
1 Nov	v SCOTLAND at Aussie Stadium in Sydney	L	20-22	(+79)

2005

3 Jun	v NZ MAORIS at National Stadium in Suva	L	27-29
10 Jun	v NEW ZEALAND at North Harbour Stadium in Albany	L	0-91
25 Jun	v TONGA at National Stadium in Suva	W	19-11
9 Jul	v SAMOA at Apia Park in Apia	L	10-36

Key:	T = try, C = conversion, P = penalty goal, DG = dropped goal, (+) = substitute, (-) replaced, rc = red card, yc = yellow card

Record by nation:

Team	P	W	D	L	t	c	p	dg	pts
Canada	2	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	15
France	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Italy	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Japan	1	1	-		-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
NZ Maoris	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Samoa	4	2	-	2	3	-	-	-	15
Scotland	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Tonga	4	3	-	1	2	-	-	-	10
USA	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	21	11	-	10	8	-	-	-	40

7s record:
1998 – Samoa, Dubai
1999 – Japan, Dubai, South Africa
2000 – Uruguay, Argentina, Wellington, Fiji, Brisbane, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan
2001 – RWC (Mar del Plata, Argentina), World Games (Akita, Japan)
2002 – Manchester (Commonwealth Games)
2005 – RWC (Hong Kong)

Super 12/14:
2005 – Crusaders (4 games)
2006 – Highlanders

NPC (NZ):
2005 – Canterbury (7 games 1 try 5 pts)

Teams:
1998-99 – Lautoka
2000-02 – Stade Montois (France)
2002-03 – Yamaha (Japan)
2004-06 – Canterbury (NZ)

Awards:
2000 – FRU 7s Player of the year
2001 – FRU Try of the Year

Hails from: Macuata

Hobbies: Swimming, volleyball, movies

Best rugby memory: Winning the Wellington 7s. They brought in Jonah Lomu and Christian Cullen and we spoled their weekend. I still watch the tape.

Worst rugby memory: Losing in Hong Kong in my first appearence. I was desperate to win.