Bill Gadolo

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Bill Gadolo
Birth nameViliame Titoko Gadolo
Date of birth (1977-05-01) 1 May 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Suva, Fiji
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker, Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996 - 2007 Suva ()
1999 - 2000 Nadroga ()
2004 - 2007 Highlanders 20 (5)
2006 - 2007 Fiji Barbarians 9 (0)
2007 - 2008 Frankfurt ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2000 - Fiji 20 (5)

Viliame Titoko Gadolo (born May 1, 1977 in Suva) is a former Fijian rugby union player. He played as a hooker. As of 2023, he was a performance manager in the Fiji Rugby Football Union. [1]

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Career

He played for the Suva side in the Digicel Cup since 1999 although he spent one year with Nadroga. By profession, he is a teacher and he teaches at Yat Sen Secondary School. He was a member of the Fiji U21 team that beat Australia U19s in 1999. He made his Test debut in May 2000 against Japan. Gadolo toured with the Fiji A team to Queensland in June 2002, then played against Tonga the following month when Isaia Rasila and Greg Smith were injured. He also captained the Suva provincial side to the semi-finals of the 2004 Digicel Cup. He plays for Suva Highlanders in the Colonial Cup. He was part of the Fiji team at the 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup.

He won the German rugby union championship in 2008, when playing for SC 1880 Frankfurt, winning the clubs first national championship since 1925. [2]

In 2023, The Fiji Rugby Football Union Trust Board (FRFUTB) promoted Gadolo to Elite Pathways and Performance Manager. [3] His role is to oversee all pathway, age-group, talent identification and development programs across the women’s and men’s XVs and 7s games. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Matairakula, Talei (2023-10-25). "Trio to lead Fiji Rugby HPU programs". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  2. ↑ "SC Frankfurt 1880 Deutscher Meister" (in German). rugby-journal.de. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  3. ↑ "New wave of talent prepare for elite player pathway". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
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