Geoff Valli | |
Birth Name: | Geoffrey Thomas Valli |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1954 |
Birth Place: | Nightcaps, New Zealand |
Position: | Fullback |
Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
Weight: | 86kg (190lb) |
Repteam1: | New Zealand Colts |
Repcaps1: | 4 |
Repcaps2: | 0 |
Reppoints2: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 1975 |
Repyears2: | 1980 |
Province1: | Southland |
Province2: | North Auckland |
Provinceyears1: | 1974–76, 1980 |
Provinceyears2: | 1981–84 |
Provinceapps1: | 42 |
Provinceapps2: | 32 |
Provincepoints1: | 352 |
Provincepoints2: | 216 |
Occupation: | Builder[1] |
School: | Nightcaps District High School |
Geoffrey Thomas Valli (born 3 November 1954) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Valli represented Southland and North Auckland at a provincial level. He played a single game for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, against Fiji in 1980, for which the New Zealand Rugby Union did not award full international caps.[2]
Valli's brother, Keith, was killed in the Pike River Mine disaster in 2010.[1]