Sirilo Lovokuro
Date of birth | circa 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Taveuni, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 August 2014[1] | (aged 48–49)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Nadroga, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 168 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St John's College, Cawaci, Ovalau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Headteacher at Ratu Nemani Memorial School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sirilo Lovokuro (spelt also as Sirilo Lovokuru) (born Taveuni, circa 1965-26 August 2014) was a Fijian rugby union player. He played as a centre and as fly-half. He was also one of Fiji's first players to turn professional in Japan.
Career[]
His first international match was against Wales, at Suva, on May 31, 1986. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup roster, where he played only the match against New Zealand. After retiring from his player career, he became headteacher of the Ratu Nemani Memorial School.[2] He also played for Japan along with Fijian representative Paulo Nawalu in the .[3]
Death[]
On August 26, 2014, Lovokuro died from heart attack while preparing his Ratu Nemani Memorial school rugby team in Momi but he had left a mark on parents and landowners in the area.
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- Fiji international rugby union players
- Fijian rugby union players
- 1965 births
- 2014 deaths
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Fijian expatriates in Japan
- People from Taveuni
- I-Taukei Fijian people
- Fijian rugby union biography stubs