Alefaio Vaisuai

Alefaio Vaisuai

Birth name	Alefaio Vaisuai
Date of birth	(1963-09-21) 21 September 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Moata'a, Samoa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 199?-1998 Moata'a () National sevens team Years Team Comps 1988-1998   Samoa 1993

Alefaio Vaisuai (born Moata'a, 21 September 1963 ^[1] ) is a Samoan former rugby sevens player who played as flanker. ^[2]

Career

At club level, Vaisuai played for Moata'a, which was the club where played many legends such as Michael Jones, Danny Kaleopa, Andy Aiolupo, Lolani Koko and Taufusi Salesa. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He took part in the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens playing for Samoa sevens, ^[6] as well in the 1993-1994 Hong Kong Sevens, where in the latter he scored the winning try against Fiji. ^{[7] [8]} He also played the 1996 Punta del Este Sevens tournament. ^{[9] [10]} He also took part at the 1992 Middlesex Sevens, in which Western Samoa won the final.

Personal life

Currently he is married and has a daughter, and he lives in Glen Eden, Auckland. ^[11]

Notes

1. "The Western Samoa disaster tour of 1992". World Rugby Museum. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
2. NewspaperSG - The Straits Times 3 March 1991
3. Samoa Rugby Union announce assistant national team 7s coach team manager Archived 2018-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Ultimate Rugby 7s news
4. TMO Marist 7s Flag Day Tournament — last hurrah Samoa News
5. Briefly Archived 2018-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Fiji Times Online
6. E le galo le siamupini soso'o a Moata'a Samoa Times
7. Samoans sink Fiji in battle of pacific South China Morning Post
8. Rugby scar i left on rush
9. [Favoritos para el seven] Clarin Digital
10. Rugby Union / Hong Kong Sevens: Fiji lose sevens' title to Samoans The Independent
11. Our Precious angel