Adrea Cocagi

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Adrea Cocagi
Date of birth (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30)
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–13 L'Aquila ()
2013–14 Stade Français ()
2014–16 Tarbes Pyrénées ()
2016–20 USA Perpignan ()
2020– Castres Olympique ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022– Fiji 2 (0)

Adrea Cocagi (born 1 March 1994) is a Fijian professional rugby union player.

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Biography

Cocagi, raised in Serua Province, is the youngest of eight brothers and picked up rugby union while in primary school. He attended Lomary Secondary School and in his late teens was offered a scholarship by the National Rugby League's Newcastle Knights, but ended up pursuing a career in rugby union [1] Based in France since 2013, Cocagi has played for Stade Français, Tarbes Pyrénées, USA Perpignan and most recently Castres Olympique. [2]

International

Cocagi represented the Fiji under under-20s at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship. He had to wait until 2022 to receive a call up to the Fiji Test side and made his debut off the bench against Ireland at Aviva Stadium, Dublin. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Jackson, Glenn (6 April 2012). "The next big thing". The Sydney Morning Herald .
  2. "Adrea Cocagi profile and stats". all.rugby.
  3. Baleilevuka, Rusiate (26 October 2022). "Been a long time coming for Cocagi". Fiji Village .
  4. "Scrappy Ireland score five tries in comfortable win over undisciplined Fiji side". The Irish Times . 12 November 2022.