Albert VuliVuli
File:Vulivuli 2015 crop.jpg | |||
Full name | Albert James Vulivuli | ||
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Date of birth | 26 May 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Fiji | ||
Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||
Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)[1] | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Centre, Wing | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2009 2009–10 2010–13 2013–15 2015–2015 2015- |
Reds Bourgoin Racing 92 La Rochelle Montpellier Clermont Auvergne |
2 21 19 34 2 |
0 20 15 15 0 |
Super Rugby | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2009 | Queensland Reds | ||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2010– | Fiji | 11 | (5) |
correct as of 28 November 2011. |
Albert Vulivuli (born 26 May 1985 in Savusavu) is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre or wing. His older brother, Thomas plays football for Fiji whereas his younger sister, Finau is one of Fiji's female football referees.
He attended Hamilton Boys High School in Waikato, New Zealand in 2004. He was part of the Waikato Under 20 team and the Waikato B team from 2005 to 2008 before moving across to Australia. He started playing professional rugby in Australia playing for the Queensland Reds in the 2009 Super 14 season. He moved to France shortly after the season ended to join his new Top 14 club, CS Bourgoin-Jallieu.
He made his top 14 debut against Racing Métro 92 in September 2009 on the wing. He played 16 games for them, all on the wing. After the 2009–10 Top 14 season ended, he joined Racing Métro 92, the same club he made his debut against and played his first game in August 2010 against Brive at inside centre in the 2010–11 Top 14 season. He made his Heineken Cup debut at outside centre against Leinster where he scored a try.
In 2013, Vulivuli signed a deal to join Top 14 club La Rochelle.
He currently (2015) plays for Montpellier in the Top 14.[2]
After utility back, Kameli Ratuvou pulled out of Fiji's team for the 2010 end of year rugby tests, Vulivuli was called in as a replacement.[3]
He is best known for his strong runs and ferocious tackles in the Top 14 competition.
He now plays for an other top 14 club, Clermont Ferrand as medical joker of Benson Stanley
References
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- ↑ Fiji call-up for Vulivuli
External links
- (French) Racing Métro profile
- Scrum profile
- (French) Itsrugby profile
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with French-language external links
- Use dmy dates from April 2011
- 1985 births
- Fijian rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- Living people
- Racing 92 players
- Queensland Reds players
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Fijian expatriates in Australia
- Fijian expatriates in France
- I-Taukei Fijian people