Siaosi Vaili

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Siaosi Vaili
Date of birth (1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Apia, Samoa
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight246 lb (112 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
????
????-2003
Manurewa
Ponsonby RFC
()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
Exeter Chiefs [1]
Worcester Warriors [2]
Viadana Rugby [3]

27

(20)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2000
2002
Counties Manukau [4]
Hawkes Bay
1
1
(5)
(0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2001–2004 Samoa 10 (0)

Siaosi Vaili (born 7 September 1977) is a Samoan former rugby union player. He played as a flanker.

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Career

Vaili was born in Apia, Western Samoa. He moved to New Zealand playing for the provincial teams of Counties Manukau and Hawke's Bay. In the summer of 2003, he arrived in Europe, playing for the Exeter Chiefs, in the English second division. A season later, Vaili joined Worcester Warriors in the English Premiership, where he stayed for two seasons until 2006; and a year later, for Viadana Rugby, with which he won the 2006-07 Coppa Italia.

International career

He first played for Samoa in a test match against Ireland, at Lansdowne Road, on 11 November 2001, during the Samoa tour of Europe in 2001. He was part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup roster, playing only the match against Georgia. His last international cap was against Fiji, at Suva, on 12 June 2004.

Notes

  1. Rugby Union:Premiership Lowdown
  2. Players and Coaching Index – Worcester Warriors
  3. L'Arix si rinforza: Ecco Harvey – Gazzetta di Mantova
  4. "Siaosi Vaili". New Zealand Rugby History. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.


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