Elvis Seveali'i

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Elvis Seveali'i
Birth nameElvis Seveali'i
Date of birth (1978-06-20) 20 June 1978 (age 43)
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre/Wing/Fly half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2008
2008-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013		 Wellington
Bath
Ospreys
Sale
London Irish
Bourgoin
Rovigo
7
42
38
79
15
6
(25)
(25)
(20)
(55)
(0)
(0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2000-2007  Samoa 20 (45)

Elvis Lulai Seveali'i (born 20 June 1978 in Wellington, New Zealand)[1] is a retired Samoan rugby union footballer. He played centre and wing and represented Manu Samoa internationally.

He has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team.

Seveali'i has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team. He played for Bath during the 2002–03 English rugby season.[2] He made his Heineken Cup debut on 13 April 2003, scoring twice against the Saracens. After Bath he spent the following two seasons with Welsh club, the Ospreys. He signed with the Sale Sharks for the 2005–06 English rugby season. He played at centre for the 2005–06 season with Sale, and won the Guinness Premiership with them that season.[3] He has since has moved to the Guinness Premiership side London Irish.[4] In September 2010 he was banned for two weeks for a dangerous tackle.[5] In 2011 he considered leaving London Irish at the end of the season.[6] He subsequently joined Bourgoin in France, before finally playing for Rovigo in Italy. He retired in 2013.

In 2018 he became head coach for California Women's Rugby.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Elvis Seveali'i Samoa". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Flying with rugby wings". Kapi-Mana News. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Sale 45-20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Seveali'I joins Exiles". Sky Sport. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Exiles rocked by Elvis ban". ESPNScrum. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Elvis Seveali'i considering his options". BerkshireLive. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Introducing Head Coach Elvis Seveali'i!". Cal Women’s Rugby. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2021.


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