Junior Bulumakau

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Junior Bulumakau
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Birth nameRatu Jonasa Bulumakau [1]
Date of birth (1991-02-27) 27 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Lautoka, Fiji
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
School Firrhill High School, Edinburgh
Notable relative(s) Andrew Bulumakau (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing & Full Back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Heriots ()
– Belfast Harlequins ()
– SCOTS British Army rugby ()
– Glasgow Hawks ()
– Highland ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2017 Glasgow Warriors 8 (15)
2017–2018 Doncaster Knights 0 (0)
2018–2019 Coventry 0 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2016 Scotland 7s 4

Junior Bulumakau (born 27 February 1991) is a Fijian born Scotland Rugby Union 7's player who plays for Coventry Rugby Club. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors. [2] and Doncaster Knights. His normal position is on the Wing but he can also play Full Back.

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Junior Bulumakau is a serving soldier within the Royal Regiment of Scotland and serves within their 3rd Battalion, 3 SCOTS.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

During his early career he played for the Scottish Premiership sides Heriot's Rugby Club, Boroughmuir RFC, Ayr RFC & Glasgow Hawks.

Since 2015 he has represented the Army Rugby Union in their annual match against the Royal Navy Rugby Union. In 2015 he won the Man of the Match in a 36–18 win in front of 80,000 fans at Twickenham, England. [2]

As a soldier in the Royal Scots Borderers, 3rd Battalion He is currently based at Fort George Barracks in Inverness, Scotland.

Professional career

He played for Bath 7s in the Premiership Rugby 7's Series in 2014. [3] [4]

In 2015 he signed for Glasgow Warriors on a two year long contract from the Royal Regiment of Scotland in the British Army, where he played for their rugby team.

Junior Bulumakau won his Glasgow Warriors contract after a successful trial with the club. He played, as a trialist, against European Champions Cup runners-up Clermont in a 2015–16 pre-season friendly for the Warriors; scoring a try against the French opposition. [5]

On 23 May 2017 it was announced that Bulumakau had moved to the Doncaster Knights to play alongside his brother Andrew Bulumakau. [6]

On 12 April 2018, Junior, along with his brother Andrew, signed for Championship rivals Coventry from the 2018-19 season. [7]

International career

At the age of eight, Bulumakau moved with his parents from Fiji to Scotland when his father joined the British Army. [8] He has thus been through the Scottish schooling system and is Scottish qualified, not only on residence. He has told BBC Scotland that he would love the chance to play for Scotland: "It's a massive dream for me; I've been watching Scotland since I was a kid; it would be an honour". [9]

On 25 January 2016, Junior Bulumakau was named in the Scotland Sevens squad for the upcoming Wellington Sevens tournament. [10] He made his international debut in the tournament, confirming his Scottish nationality, on 30 January 2016. He played against South Africa, coming off the bench for his debut. Although Scotland lost the match 28–5, Bulumakau scored Scotland's only try. [11]

Family

His brother Andrew Bulumakau also plays rugby. They joined forces when Junior signed for Doncaster Knights and then to Coventry.

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References

  1. ↑ "HSBC Sevens World Series".
  2. 1 2 "Winger Bulumakau signs from British Army". glasgowwarriors.org.
  3. ↑ "Junior Bulumakau Pictures – Premiership Rugby 7s Series – Zimbio". Zimbio.
  4. ↑ "Rugby Union: Gloucester and Bath name the sevens squads". Western Daily Press.
  5. ↑ "Townsend pleased despite Clermont defeat". glasgowwarriors.org.
  6. ↑ https://www.drfc.co.uk/news/article/signing-double-trouble-as-junior-bulumakau-joins-andy-at-knights [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Coventry sign trio with Gloucester, Glasgow Warriors and Tonga experience". Coventry Telegraph. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "BBC Sport – Junior Bulumakau: Glasgow Warriors sign British Army winger". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ Jamie Lyall. "BBC Sport – Fijian-born winger reveals Scotland Test 'dream'". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "Two debutants named for Wellington 7s". Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "HSBC Sevens World Series".
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