Serupepeli Vularika

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Serupepeli Vularika
Serupepeli Vularika NRC 2018.jpg
Vularika representing Fijian Drua in the National Rugby Championship, September 2018
Date of birth (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Rewa, Fiji
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb; 12 st 11 lb)
School Lelean Memorial School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half, Centre, Fly-half
Current team Fijian Drua
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018– Fijian Drua 14 (40)
2019–2020 Fijian Latui 3 (0)
2021 LA Giltinis 8 (13)
Correct as of 10 February 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2018 Fiji Warriors 12 (106)
2016–2020 Fiji 12 (0)
Correct as of 10 February 2022

Serupepeli Vularika (born 29 April 1990) is a Fijian rugby union player, currently playing for the LA Giltinis of Major League Rugby (MLR). His preferred position is scrum-half or Centre. [1]

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Professional career

Vularika signed for the LA Giltinis during the 2021 Major League Rugby season in April 2021. [2] He had previously represented the Fijian Drua in the 2018 and 2019 National Rugby Championship. [3] He also has 12 caps for the Fiji national team, making his debut in 2016. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Serupepeli Vularika". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "LA Giltinis sign Fijians duo flair Seru Vularika and Jonetani Vusurakuta". LA Giltinis. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Seruvakula names his first traveling squad for NRC opener". Fiji Rugby. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ↑ worldrugby.org. "Fiji battle back to win Pacific Nations Cup opener". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.


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