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| Date of birth | 5 February 1990 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Nabukeru, Yasawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eroni Sau (born 5 February 1990), [1] nicknamed "The Sledgehammer", [2] [3] is a Fijian rugby union player currently playing for the Fijian Drua in Super Rugby
Sau hails from the village of Nabukeru Yasawa [4] and attended Yasawa High School before he moved to Lautoka to finish his Year 13 at Ba Provincial Freebird Institute where he was introduced to play Rugby league, He joined Saru Dragons and was given a contract to play in the Cook Islands.
Later he met Lagilagi Golea (FNRL development officer), [5] who urged him to join a 7s team and contacted Red Rock Rugby Club coach, the late Lote Rasiga. Sau joined the team in Qauai and even toured with the team to Australia.
In 2014 he was recruited as a special constable at Totogo Police Station in Suva and joined the Fiji Police Rugby Team.
Sau made a name for himself playing local 7's tournaments and was selected by Fiji Drua Head Coach Senirusi Seruvakula [6] to represent Fiji Drua Team at 2017 National Rugby Championship. later he caught the attention of Fiji National Sevens Team Head Coach Gareth Baber and was drafted into the Fiji National Sevens Team. so far he has scored a total of 185 points (37 tries) in 58 matches [7] for his Fiji National Sevens Team.
He was named 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series Rookie of the season and also named in the Overall Dream Team of the Season and won the Impact player for 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, and also has won 5 gold and a bronze in 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, He won 2 silver medals for Fiji National Sevens Team, one at 2018 commonwealth games and one as the overall runner up of 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
On 29 May 2018, Sau signed a two-year deal with French club USA Perpignan.
| Season | Statistics | Final ranking | Tournaments played |  Victory |  Runners-up |  Third places | |
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| Matches | Tries | ||||||
| 2017–18 | 58 | 37 | 2nd | 10/10 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 58 | 37 | - | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Statistics | Final ranking | |
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| Matches | Tries | |
| 5 | 2 | 2nd |
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