Paulo_Nawalu
Paulo Nawalu
Rugby player
Paulo Nawalu, spelt also as Paula Nawalu (born October 18, 1959 in Lautoka) is a former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half.
| Date of birth | (1958-10-18) October 18, 1958 (age 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Lautoka, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His first international match was against Tonga, at Suva, on June 8, 1983. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup roster, as well of the South Pacific Barbarians during their 1987 tour in South Africa. Later, Nawalu played for the Japan national rugby sevens team, with which he played the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[1] Nawalu was the first Fijian player to play in a Japanese team, when he played for Hino Motors.[2]
He trained the Japan national rugby sevens team during the 1997 and the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Currently, since 2015, he is coaching Karada Factory A.P. Pirates, a Japanese women's rugby sevens team.[3]
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