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| Birth name | Jone Macilai-Tori | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jone Macilai-Tori (born 27 August 1990 in Suva, Fiji), is a professional rugby union player. [1] He has previously played for the Crusaders. Macilai plays as a winger.
Macilai was spotted by local sevens coach Lote Rasiga and was included in the Red Rock sevens squad. [2] He was later spotted by Awanui Rugby Club coach Glen Subritzky playing sevens at Coral Coast sevens tournament in Fiji in 2012 who included him in his squad. [3] His performance for Awanui saw him selected for Northland in 2013 alongside the returning Rupeni Caucau. He missed most of the games in the season due to a dislocated elbow. [4]
A strong 2014 ITM Cup saw him receive Super Rugby offers from the Blues, Highlanders and Crusaders. He signed with the Crusaders and partnered with block busting Fijian winger, Nemani Nadolo. [5]
A broken arm in pre season meant he was out injured for 3 months. He made his debut off the bench on 8 May scoring a try on debut against the Reds. [6]
He mainly played as a backup winger for the Crusaders in the 2016 Super Rugby season behind Nemani Nadolo, Johnny McNicholl and David Havili but a few injuries in the backline to Ryan Crotty and McNicholl saw him start a few games. He started against the Brumbies in Round 8 and scored a try set up by Matt Todd. In Round 10, he started on the left wing due to Nadolo being given a 4 week ban and scored three tries, two of which were set up by Israel Dagg and he also set up a try for Scott Barrett as well. He also charged down a conversion successfully of Red's flyhalf Jake McIntyre which is a rarity in rugby. [7]
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