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| Date of birth | 11 November 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 Delhi | Team competition |
Tomasi Cama (born 11 November 1980) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played for Manawatu in the Air New Zealand Cup, and the New Zealand Sevens team. He is the son of former Fiji sevens player Tomasi Cama.
Career
Cama started out in the Manawatu Colts in 2001 having a strong season and earning a spot in the Manawatu Development Squad in 2002. He played for the Manawatu Development Squad again in 2003. 2004 saw a change of colours when he wore the Wanganui colours in the NPC. After one season with Wanganui he went back to play for Manawatu, in the same year he was picked for the New Zealand Sevens team. Not needed for the sevens in 2006 Cama focused on his Air New Zealand Cup season for Manawatu. After another strong season for Manawatu, Cama was back for the sevens, 2008 saw him selected once again for the sevens squad.
Tomasi signed up to play in the Sri Lankan Sevens Series Carlton Super Sevens. He played for the Uva Vipers in a two leg tournament across two weeks in Mid May 2012.
In 2015 Cama retired from playing rugby. He has taken up a job with the New Zealand Sevens programme as a scout to identify talent in both men's and women's teams. Cama is also the current coach of the Manawatu men's sevens team.[1][2]
Achievements
In 2012, Cama won the World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Award.
References
- ^ "Sevens star Tomasi Cama hangs up boots". Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Tomasi Cama retires from Sevens". fijilive.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- Use dmy dates from August 2011
- 1980 births
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand people of I-Taukei Fijian descent
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of New Zealand
- Manawatu rugby union players
- Fijian emigrants to New Zealand
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand male rugby sevens players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens