Lepani Nabuliwaqa

Lepani Nabuliwaqa

Date of birth	(1980-06-04) 4 June 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth	Suva, Fiji
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	84 kg (13 st 3 lb; 185 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–present Fiji 7s 4
hide Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Fiji Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team competition

Lepani Nabuliwaqa (born 4 June 1980 in Suva), nicknamed Leps, is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing.

Career[]

Nabuliwaqa was an influential member of the Red Rock sevens team which participated in Fiji domestic sevens competition in 2003-04 season. He made his debut for the Fiji sevens team when he replaced at the 2006 USA Sevens. He copped a six-week ban for a dangerous tackle but still he made the 12-man squad for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He took over as the playmaker in the 2005/06 IRB Sevens World Series and became one of Fiji's star performers. He was later given the Digicel Fiji sevens best player award ahead of Sireli Naqelevuki and at the Fiji Rugby Union annual awards. Nabuliwaqa played 15s and 7s for Nakasi, and was recruited by into the Red Rock team at the Nataleira 7s tournament joining the likes of Sireli Bobo, , and .

For the 2012 and 2013 season played 15s for The South Darwin Rabbitohs,^[1] and made Sevens appearances for the Country King Browns.^[2] Leps has been named in the Squad for the King Browns in the 2014 Hottest Sevens In Darwin, Australia.

References[]

External links[]

• Fiji Rugby Union Player Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived July 11, 2011)

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