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| Date of birth | c. 1965 (age 58–59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Faleomavaega Vincent Fepulea'i (born c. 1965) is a Samoan former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half. Currently, as of 2015 he is Samoa Rugby Union CEO. [2]
His first cap for the Manu Samoa was against Wales, at Cardiff, on November 12, 1988 and his last international cap was against Romania, at Bucharest, on October 14, 1989.
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