Elvis Seveali'i | |
Birth Name: | Elvis Seveali'i |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1978 |
Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
Height: | 1.79m (05.87feet) |
Weight: | 92kg (203lb) |
Ru Position: | Centre/Wing/Fly half |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2000-2007 |
Repsevensyears1: | |
Ru Clubyears: | -2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2008 2008-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 |
Ru Proclubs: | Wellington Bath Ospreys Sale London Irish Bourgoin Rovigo |
Ru Clubpoints: | (25) (25) (20) (55) (0) (0) |
Ru Clubcaps: | 7 42 38 79 15 6 |
Super14years: | |
Youthyears1: | |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 22 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (45) |
Elvis Lulai Seveali'i (born 20 June 1978 in Wellington, New Zealand)[1] is a retired Samoan rugby union footballer. He played centre and wing and represented Manu Samoa internationally.
He has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team.
Seveali'i has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team. He played for Bath during the 2002–03 English rugby season.[2] He made his Heineken Cup debut on 13 April 2003, scoring twice against the Saracens. At the end of the season he scored a try against London Irish in the dying seconds that literally avoided Bath relegation. He spent the following two seasons with the Neath-Swansea Ospreys. He signed with the Sale Sharks during which he played at centre and won the 2005-06 Guinness Premiership.[3] He has since has moved to the Guinness Premiership side London Irish.[4] In September 2010 he was banned for two weeks for a dangerous tackle.[5] In 2011 he considered leaving London Irish at the end of the season.[6] He subsequently joined Bourgoin in France, before finally playing for Rovigo in Italy. He retired in 2013.
In 2018 he became head coach for California Women's Rugby.[7]