Peniasi Dakuwaqa
| Date of birth | 9 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peniasi Dakuwaqa (born 9 April 1997) is a Fijian international rugby union player. He lived in Cook Island for a few years where he played rugby league and competed in athletics and broke the Cook Island, 100metres record of 10.97s which was held by Mark Sherwin since 1993 when he ran 10.42s during the Cook Island Games in 2020[1]
Rugby career
[edit]A winger, Dakuwaqa is known as "the Flash" for his explosive pace and has played his rugby with French club Stade Français since 2022.[2] He scored a memorable solo try against Racing 92 during the 2023–24 Top 14 season when he took the ball from his own dead-ball area, regathered a chip kick, and ran the length of the field to score.[3]
Dakuwaqa earned his first international call up in 2024, as one of five Fiji debutants for a match against Georgia at Adjarabet Arena in Batumi, starting on the left wing.[4] He scored two tries in a 21–12 Fiji win.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ [1]
- ^ "Peniasi Dakuwaqa is a player with raw explosive power - Byrne". Fiji Village. 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Is this the greatest rugby try of all time? Watch Stade Français star Peniasi Dakuwaqa score unbelievable solo try in Top 14". Rugby World. 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Dakuwaqa Set to Debut as Flying Fijians face Georgia". Fiji Sun. 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Dakuwaqa stars in Flying Fijians debut". Fiji Live. 6 July 2024.