Albert Fulivai (born 25 June 1968) is an Australian former

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and professional

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footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for

Australian Schoolboys The Australian Schoolboys refer to junior teams that represent Australia in various sports. The name is mainly used in rugby league, rugby union and baseball. Other popular team sports in Australia such as cricket, basketball, association footbal ...

and Australia national under-21's, and representative level rugby league (RL) for

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, and at club level for the

Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugb ...

, as a or .

Playing career

Fulivai attended St Edmund's College and originally played

. In 1986 he was the vice captain of the Australian Schoolboys team that toured Belgium, The Netherlands and the British Isles. Fulivai then toured New Zealand with the Australian under-21 side. He then switched to

and joined the

. He made his first grade debut in 1993, against the

Illawarra Steelers The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level rugby league competition from 1982 until 1998. On 13 December 1980, they were the ...

. Fulivai played forty four first grade matches for the club over six seasons. He was a non-playing reserve in Canberra's 1994 grand final win. Fulivai played for

at the

1994 Pacific Cup The 1994 Pacific Cup was the seventh staging of the Pacific Cup. It is a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Fiji and eventually won by Tonga, who defeated the hosts 34 - 11 in the final. Squads Befo ...

, which Tonga won. In 1995 he was picked for Tonga for the

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but had to withdraw due to injury.Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' TEAM-BY-TEAM GUIDE TO CENTENARY celebrations
''The Independent'', 6 October 1995

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fulivai, Albert 1968 births Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent Australian rugby league players Australian rugby union players Canberra Raiders players Living people Rugby league centres Rugby league wingers Tonga national rugby league team players Tongan rugby league players Place of birth missing (living people) People educated at St Edmund's College, Canberra Footballers who switched code 20th-century Australian sportsmen