Waisea Luveniyali
| Born | Waisea Sedre Luveniyali 23 July 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Queen Victoria School (Fiji) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Waisea Sedre Luveniyali (born Suva, 23 July 1985) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He hails from the village of Kasavu in the province of Naitasiri, and his mother is from the village of Qarani, Gau in the Lomaiviti group.
Career
He plays as a fly-half, formerly for Fiji Warriors.
Luveniyali was a late call up to the Fijian team in 2007 after playing for Fiji in the Under 21 World Cup. The young fly half was put right into the starting lineup to debut against Australia A, where they drew the game 14 – 14. After this performance, he was selected for the Fiji for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He played against Australia (12–55). He had 2 caps, with a conversion and a penalty scored by the end of the tournament.
He was the first choice fly-half for Fiji in the 2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and played in the 2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.
Harlequins
On 29 July 2008, Harlequins confirmed that he had arrived in London to join up with his new team and had started training.
External links
- Waisea Luveniyali at European Professional Club Rugby
- Waisea Luveniyali at Premiership Rugby (archived)
- Waisea Luveniyali at ESPNscrum (archived)
- Waisea Luveniyali at ItsRugby.fr (in French)
- Waisea Luveniyali at All.Rugby
- Harlequins profile Archived 14 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Fiji profile
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Fijian rugby union players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Fiji international rugby union players
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players in England
- Harlequin F.C. players
- Rugby union players from Suva
- Rugby union players from Naitasiri Province
- People from Gau Island
- Rugby union players from Lomaiviti Province
- I-Taukei Fijian people
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- 21st-century Fijian sportsmen