| Born | Elvis Seveali'i 20 June 1978 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elvis Lulai Seveali'i (born 20 June 1978 in Wellington, New Zealand) [1] is a retired Samoan rugby union footballer. He played centre and wing and represented Manu Samoa internationally.
He has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team.
Seveali'i has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team. He played for Bath during the 2002–03 English rugby season. [2] He made his Heineken Cup debut on 13 April 2003, scoring twice against the Saracens. At the end of the season he scored a try against London Irish in the dying seconds that literally avoided Bath relegation. [3] He spent the following two seasons with the Neath-Swansea Ospreys. He signed with the Sale Sharks during which he played at centre and won the 2005-06 Guinness Premiership. [4] He has since has moved to the Guinness Premiership side London Irish. [5] In September 2010 he was banned for two weeks for a dangerous tackle. [6] In 2011 he considered leaving London Irish at the end of the season. [7] He subsequently joined Bourgoin in France, before finally playing for Rovigo in Italy. He retired in 2013.
In 2018 he became head coach for California Women's Rugby. [8]