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He was the captain of Fiji secondary school and Fiji Colts and was one of the first
Fijians to secure a rugby contract in South Africa, playing for the South Pacific Barbarians, a team made up of players from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga that went to play a rebel tour in the
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asked him to shift from his usual number 8 position and played tighthead prop. He also was part of the
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63:7 July 2016
756:Categories
652:Rokowailoa
637:E. Naituku
617:Koroduadua
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494:Fiji squad
187:Suva Colts
117:Merewalesi
36:1961-02-26
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525:Kididromo
308:Biography
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