Siaosi Vaili

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

Siaosi Vaili
Date of birth (1977-09-07) 7 September 1977
Place of birthApia, Samoa
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight246 lb (112 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
????
????-2003		 Manurewa
Ponsonby RFC		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007		 Exeter Chiefs[1]
Worcester Warriors[2]
Viadana Rugby[3]
27
(20)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2000
2002		 Counties Manukau[4]
Hawkes Bay		 1
1		 (5)
(0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001–2004 Samoa 10 (0)

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.

Notes
  1. Rugby Union:Premiership Lowdown
  2. Players and Coaching Index – Worcester Warriors
  3. L'Arix si rinforza: Ecco Harvey – Gazzetta di Mantova
  4. "Siaosi Vaili". New Zealand Rugby History. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.


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