Siaosi Vaili Explained

Birth Place:Apia, Samoa
Birth Date:1977 9, df=yes
Weight:246 lb
Ru Position:Flanker
Ru Amateurclubs:Manurewa
Ponsonby RFC
Ru Amateuryears:????
????-2003
Ru Clubyears:2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
Ru Proclubs:Exeter Chiefs[1]
Worcester Warriors[2]
Viadana Rugby[3]
Ru Clubcaps:
27
Ru Clubpoints:
(20)
Ru Provincecaps:1
1
Ru Provinceyears:2000
2002
Ru Provincepoints:(5)
(0)
Ru Province:Counties Manukau[4]
Hawkes Bay
Ru Nationalyears:2001–2004
Ru Nationalcaps:10
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

Siaosi Vaili (born 7 September 1977) is a Samoan former rugby union player. He played as a flanker.

Career

Vaili was born in Apia, Western Samoa. He moved to New Zealand playing for the provincial teams of Counties Manukau and Hawke's Bay. In the summer of 2003, he arrived in Europe, playing for the Exeter Chiefs, in the English second division. A season later, Vaili joined Worcester Warriors in the English Premiership, where he stayed for two seasons until 2006; and a year later, for Viadana Rugby, with which he won the 2006-07 Coppa Italia.

International career

He first played for Samoa in a test match against Ireland, at Lansdowne Road, on 11 November 2001, during the Samoa tour of Europe in 2001. He was part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup roster, playing only the match against Georgia. His last international cap was against Fiji, at Suva, on 12 June 2004.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/sep/03/rugbyunion.thomascastaignede Rugby Union:Premiership Lowdown
  2. http://www.warriors.co.uk/rugby/players/index.php?player=4603&includeref=dynamic Players and Coaching Index – Worcester Warriors
  3. http://ricerca.gelocal.it/gazzettadimantova/archivio/gazzettadimantova/2006/12/29/NS3PO_NS301.html L'Arix si rinforza: Ecco Harvey – Gazzetta di Mantova
  4. Web site: Siaosi Vaili. 2017-05-18. New Zealand Rugby History. en. 2019-10-03.