Waisea Sedre Luveniyali (born

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, 23 July 1985) is a

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footballer. He hails from the village of Kasavu in the province of Naitasiri, and his mother is from the village of Qarani, Gau in the Lomaiviti group.

Career

He plays as a

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, formerly for

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. Luveniyali was a late call up to the Fijian team in 2007 after playing for Fiji in the Under 21 World Cup. The young fly half was put right into the starting lineup to debut against Australia A, where they drew the game 14 – 14. After this performance, he was selected for the

for the

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finals. He played against

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(12–55). He had 2 caps, with a conversion and a penalty scored by the end of the tournament. He was the first choice fly-half for Fiji in the

2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup The 2008 Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union tournament held between six national sides on the Pacific Rim: Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand Māori (just for this year). The inaugural competition was held in 2006. This ...

and played in the

2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup The 2009 Pacific Nations Cup is a rugby union tournament held between five national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks. The New Zealand Māori team that won the tournament last year will no longer take pa ...

Harlequins

On 29 July 2008, Harlequins confirmed that he had arrived in London to join up with his new team and had started training.

External links

Harlequins profile

Fiji profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luveniyali, Waisea 1985 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Fiji international rugby union players Fijian expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Fijian expatriate rugby union players in England Harlequin F.C. players Rugby union players from Suva Rugby union players from Naitasiri Province People from Gau Island Rugby union players from Lomaiviti Province I-Taukei Fijian people 2007 Rugby World Cup players 2011 Rugby World Cup players 21st-century Fijian sportsmen