Date of birth | Date of birth unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jioji Cama, sometimes spelt as Joji Cama (date of birth unknown) is a Fijian former rugby union footballer, he played as a lock.
He was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, although his only cap with the Fijian national team was during the match against the All Blacks in Christchurch, on 27 May 1987, where he scored a try. [2]
Along with Jone Kubu and Fabiano Vakadranu, he played in 1991 for Eastern Suburbs, a rugby union club from Sydney. [3]
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