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Etonia Naba (flanker)
Full name: Nalibu Etonia Nabahiki
Fiji club: Ravuka, Nadroga
Pacific Rugby Cup team: Fiji Warriors
Colonial Cup team: Stallions
Born: 24 June 1980 in Sigatoka
Height: 1m92 (6’3")
Weight: 105kg
Uncapped
A robust player who can play second or third row, Etonia Naba excelled at the 2006 Cayman Island 7s playing for the Digicel Fiji Barbarians. He later received the 2005-06 BP 7s Series Best Player award.
Also making a strong impression at 15s, Naba played in all of the Stallions games during the 2006 Colonial Cup, and featured for the Fiji Barbarians in the Pacific Rugby Cup and then won selection into the HPU Development side that brushed aside the touring NSW Country team.
He also helped Nadroga win the Sullivan-Farebrother Trophy from Naitasiri and the Sanyo Cup in 2006.
Naba missed out on the first leg of the 2006-07 IRB World 7s Series, but earned a spot for the Wellington and San Diego tournaments following strong performances in Nadroga's victory at the BP 7s Finals in Nadi.
Fiji 7s:
2007 – Wellington, San Diego, Adelaide, Hong Kong
Teams:
2006 - HPU Development XV vs NSW Country
IRB Pacific Rugby Cup:
2006 – Fiji Babarians (1 game)
Total – 1 game
Colonial Cup:
2006 – Stallions (6 games, 1 try, 5 pts)
2007 – Stallions (2 games)
Total – 8 games 1 try 5 pts
Other teams:
2000-01 – Ravuka
2001 – Nadroga U21s
2002 – Sigatoka Young Boys 7s tour (Fiji Day Celebrations, Sydney)
2002-06 – Nadroga (flanker/lock, Sanyo Cup & Farebrother holders)
Schools:
1996 – Sigatoka Methodist (U17, flanker)
1998-99 – Sigatoka Methodist (U19, flanker)
Father’s village: Nabila, Nadroga
Mother’s village: Yadua, Nadroga
Grew up in Yadua, Nadroga
Relatives that were Fiji reps: Vula Maimuri, Aca Ratuva, Mosese Volavola, Mesake Davu (cousins)
Hobbies: Swimming and listening to music
Disikes/Like: Likes playing rugby, hates training
Best rugby memory: Winning the Cayman Island 7s.
Worst rugby memory: Losing the Farebrother to Suva in 2005.
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