Salesi Tuivuna Mauri Rayasi (born 25 September 1996 in

Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

) is a

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player who plays on the

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for

RC Vannes RC Vannes (; , ) is a French rugby union club based in Vannes, currently competing in . Founded in , they play in the Stade de la Rabine and traditionally wear blue and white jerseys. The team usually competed in the third tier of French rugby, ...

in the French

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...

, having joined the club in 2024. . In July 2025, after Vannes was relegated to ProD2, Rayasi signed for Top 14 giants

Bordeaux Bègles Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

He previously played for the in

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

. He signed for the Hurricanes squad in 2019. He has also played for the

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and for

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and

in New Zealand's

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. In June 2025 Salesi was called up to the Fiji squad for the end of season internationals. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360721106/former-hurricanes-winger-salesi-rayasi-named-fiji-squad-face-wallabies-scotland

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rayasi, Salesi 1996 births New Zealand rugby union players Living people Rugby union wings People educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream Rugby union players from Wellington City Wellington rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Hurricanes (rugby union) players Moana Pasifika players 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen Fiji international rugby union players