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Full name | Mesulame Kunavula | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 31 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nadroumai, Nadroga, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Waisake Naholo (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mesu Kunavula (born 31 October 1995) is a Fijian international rugby union player, who currently plays for the NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby. His playing position is lock or flanker. [1]
Kunavula made his debut for the Fiji Rugby 7s team at the 2016 Dubai Rugby Sevens Tournament and is a silver medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [2]
In 2019 he signed a contract with Edinburgh. [3] In January 2022 he extended his contract with Edinburgh. [4]
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