Isaiah Punivai
Appearance
Full name | Isaiah Punivai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 December 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 99 kg (218 lb; 15 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Christ's CollegeSaintt Kentigern College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Lincoln University[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Ngane Punivai (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Isaiah Punivai (born 1 December 2000, in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Template:Rut Canterbury in the Mitre 10 Cup,[1] and for the Template:Rut Crusaders in Super Rugby.[2] His preferred playing position is centre, wing or fullback. Punivai attended Christ's College in Christchurch, until he moved to Saint Kentigern College in Auckland for his last year of schooling.[3] He signed for the Canterbury squad in 2020, and was named in the Crusaders squad for the 2021 season the same year.
Reference list
- ^ "Mitre 10 Cup Preview: Canterbury 2020". Mitre 10 Cup. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Four players promoted from Crusaders Academy as Scott Robertson names 2021 Crusaders squad". crusaders.co.nz. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Schoolboy star Isaiah Punivai commits to Crusaders academy despite move to Auckland". stuff.co.nz. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2021.