Manoa Vosawai
 Moanoa Vosawai playing for Cardiff Bluees against Zebre in the Pro12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Ratu Manoa Seru Vosawai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manoa Vosawai (born 12 August 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is an Italian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Cardiff Blues in Wales. He made his debut with the Italian national side on August 18, 2007 in a match against Japan. Vosawai plays as a number eight. Vosawai was included in the Italian squad for the 2007 World Cup, and made a substitute appearance in the Azzurri's opening match against the All Blacks, replacing Alessandro Zanni.
He joined Benetton Treviso in June 2010.[2]
In March 2014 it was announced that Vosawai would join Cardiff Blues for the upcoming 2014/2015 season.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ www.uprisevsi.co.uk, upriseVSI. "Senior Squad | Cardiff Blues". upriseVSI.
- ^ "[RUGBYLIST] Notizie del mercoledì". www.rugbylist.it.
- ^ Thomas, Simon (20 March 2014). "Cardiff Blues to sign Italian international back row Manoa Vosawai from Treviso". WalesOnline.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1983 births
- Italian rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby union number eights
- Benetton Rugby players
- Cardiff Rugby players
- Fijian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Italy international rugby union players
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- I-Taukei Fijian people
- Rugby Club Vannes players
- People educated at Suva Grammar School
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- Crociati Parma Rugby FC players
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Italian expatriate rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Suva