Date of birth | circa 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Nasama, Nadroga, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Napolioni Nalaga (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kavekini Nalaga (born Nadroga, [1] circa 1965) is a Fijian former rugby union footballer who played as wing. [2] He is the father of Napolioni Nalaga, [3] [4] who also plays as wing.
His first cap for Fiji was during the match against Samoa, at Nuku'alofa, on 2 July 1986. Nalaga was in the 1987 Rugby World Cup roster, where he played the match against Argentina, in Hamilton, on 24 May. [5] His last international cap was against Tonga, in Suva, on 15 July 1989.
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