Epeli Rakai | |
Birth Date: | circa |
Birth Place: | Fiji |
Weight: | 210lbs |
Ru Position: | Hooker |
Repcaps1: | 17 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 1983-1987 |
Years1: | 1982-1987 |
Clubs1: | Suva |
Epeli Rakai (born circa 1961) is a Fijian former rugby union footballer. He played as hooker.
His first international cap for Fiji was during the match against Solomon Islands, in Apia, on 8 September 1983. He also took part at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing two matcheswith the quarter-final lost to France being his last international cap. Rakai was also part of the South Pacific Barbarians, a team made up of Fijian, Tongan and Samoan players who played a rebel tour in South Africa,[1] among which were present his teammates who played in Suva, such as Severo Koroduadua, Paulo Nawalu and Sairusi Naituku.[2] [3]