| Birth name | Apenisa Tuta Vodo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 July 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Apenisa Tuta Vodo (born 28 July 1970) is a Fijian rugby union player and former Italian international.
He debuted in 1998 for Rugby Rovato
Vodo was one of the first Fijians to represent Italy internationally, the other being Manoa Vosawai. [4] He was part of then Coach, John Kirwan's 34-man squad to play Argentina and Australia in November 2002. [5] He played for Calvisano.
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