Sione Vatuvei
 Sione in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Sione Talikavili Vatuvei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 March 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Nelson College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Luatangi Vatuvei (brother), Manu Vatuvei (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sione Talikavili Vatuvei[1] (born 14 March 1983), also known by his middle name Talikavili or Kavili, is a Tongan-born Japanese rugby union footballer. He represented Japan at the 2003 Rugby World Cup.[2] His preferred position is blindside flanker.
He plays in the Top League for Toyota Industries Shuttles[3] in Kariya Aichi where he currently resides.
Vatuvei was educated at Nelson College in New Zealand between 1999 and 2001.[4] He is the youngest brother of former Japanese Rugby union footballer Luatangi Vatuvei. He is also the cousin of former Tongan-New Zealand Rugby league player Manu Vatuvei.
References
[edit]- ^ "ESPN Rugby Stats". ESPN. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ Van der berg, Wim (28 September 2012). The Extraordinary Book of South African Rugby. ISBN 9780143529170.
- ^ "Toyota Shokki Shuttles". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005". Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 (CD-ROM) (6th ed.). 2006.
Categories:
- Tongan rugby union players
- Japan international rugby union players
- Living people
- 1983 births
- Rugby union players from Tongatapu
- Rugby union flankers
- Saitama Wild Knights players
- Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi players
- People educated at Nelson College
- Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay players
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- Japanese rugby union players
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Naturalised rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Nukuʻalofa