Semisi Naevo
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Birth name | Ratu Meli Semisi Saukawa Naevo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 May 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nadi, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Nawaka District School, , Nadi College. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Business Man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ratu Meli Semisi Naevo Saukawa (born 3 May 1975 in Nawaka, Nadi) is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker. His nickname is Man Mountain.[citation needed] His father, Joeli Lesavua, and two brothers, Apenisa and Manoa Naevo, are also Fiji reps.
Career[]
He plays sevens for Fiji. He is a strong tackler with good line-out skills, he also has the speed for sevens. His ball-hunting skills earned him his first cap in the 2006 Pacific 5 Nations tournament where he stalked the Samoans from the side of the scrum to help Fiji win 23–20. He has made an excellent name for himself in the Fiji sevens team with outstanding performances in his first outing in Argentina and Wellington, 2002. He is a member of the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens team, his speed and aerial skills made him a menace. He was bestowed with the captaincy role for the last two tournaments of the 2005–06 IRB 7s Series, and it was fitting that he lifted the London Sevens trophy and also the IRB sevens trophy.
Commonwealth Games[]
He was also part of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where Fiji won the silver medal when they were defeated by New Zealand in the final after Fiji were reduced to 5 men for most of the game.
Semisi was also part of the 2006 Commonwealth Games where they won a bronze medal.
2007 RWC[]
Naevo was also part of the Fiji 15's team that reached the Quarter-finals of the Rugby Union World Cup in 2007.
References[]
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External links[]
- Fiji profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-03-07)
- Semisi Naevo at ESPNscrum
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nadi
- Fijian rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Fiji international rugby union players
- Pacific Islanders rugby union players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Fiji
- Rugby sevens players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Fijian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
- Fijian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Green Rockets Tokatsu players
- Counties Manukau rugby union players
- Fijian international rugby sevens players
- I-Taukei Fijian people
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Fiji