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Mo Volavola (flanker)
Full Name: Mosese Volavola
Pacific Rugby Cup team: Fiji Barbarians
Colonial Cup team: Stallions
Fiji club: Ravuka, Nadroga
Born: 6 June 1979 in Lautoka
Height: 1m89 (6’3")
Weight: 99kg
Test debut: 2005 v Wales in Cardiff
3 caps (5 games)
Hard running workhorse with a solid tackle and great commitment.
Had a superb season with Nadroga in 2004 and an outstanding game in the Telecom Fiji Cup final to earn a place in the Fiji team.
Volavola played outstandingly in Nadroga's win of the Sanyo Cup and Farebrother in 2006. He was rewarded with the captaincy role for the Digicel Fiji 7s team to Dubai and George 7s of the 2006-07 IRB World 7s Series.
Fiji record:
2004
| 6 Nov |
v NZ Div XV at National Stadium in Suva |
l
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25-34
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| 13 Nov |
v NZ Div XV at Churchill Park in Lautoka |
w
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61-22
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2005
| 11 Nov |
v WALES at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff |
L
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10-11
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(+68) |
| 19 Nov |
v PORTUGAL at Estadio Universitario in Lisbon |
W
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26-17
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| 19 Nov |
v ITALY at Stadio Brianteo in Monza |
L
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8-23
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(+74) |
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T = try, C = conversion, P = penalty goal, DG = dropped goal
(+) = substitute, (-) replaced, rc = red card, yc = yellow card
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Fiji 7s:
2005 – Germany (World Games)
2006 – Pacific Int'l 7s in Auckland (Fiji Barbarians), Wellington, LA, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris, London, Dubai*, George*
2007 – Wellington, San Diego, Adelaide, Hong Kong
IRB Pacific Rugby Cup:
2006 – Fiji Warriors (5 games, 1 try, 5 pts)
2007 – Fiji Barbarians (1 game)
Total – 6 games, 1 try, 5 pts
Colonial Cup:
2004 – Stallions (2 games)
2005 – Stallions (5 games)
2007 – Stallions (1 game)
Total – 8 games
Other teams:
2001-04 – Ravuka, Nadroga
2004 – Coastal Stallions
Father's village – Cuvu, Nadroga
Mother's village – Yalobi, Waya, Yasawa
Relatives that were national reps – Vula Maimuri, Rupeni Qaraniqio, Wame Gavidi
Likes: Meeting people, horse-riding
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