Rima Wakarua
Birth name | Rima Shane Wakarua-Noema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 April 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rima Wakarua (born 25 March 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an Italian former rugby union footballer and coach. He played for Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato having previously played for Gran Parma Rugby, at fly-half.
Biography[]
Wakarua is a naturalized Italian, having moved there in 1999, and is born of a New Zealand father and Scottish mother. He was brought into the Italy 2003 Rugby World Cup squad having only played in the second tier of the Italian league and had not even been involved in squad get-togethers. His performance with the boot saw Italy overcome Canada in Canberra. He has 11 caps and has scored 99 points for Italy.
References[]
External links[]
- 6 Nations profile
- Rima Wakarua at ItsRugby.co.uk
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Italian rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Italian people of New Zealand descent
- New Zealand people of Scottish descent
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Living people
- Italy international rugby union players
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Cavalieri Prato players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Italian rugby union biography stubs
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1970s birth stubs