Lote Tuqiri (rugby union, born 1987)
Appearance
Birth name | Lote Tuqiri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | November 12, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Namatakula, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lote Tuqiri (born 12 November 1987 in Namatakula, Fiji) is a Japan international rugby union sevens player.
He is a cousin of his dual-international namesake. [1]
International
Tuqiri made his debut for Japan sevens in the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens.
Personal life
He studied business management in Hakuoh University. After he graduated, he was employed in Hokkaido and started playing for the Hokkaido Barbarians mainly as a centre.
References
- ^ "男子7人制日本代表メンバー(香港・オーストラリア遠征)". 日本ラグビー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2016.
External links
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Male rugby sevens players
- Japanese rugby union players
- Japan international rugby union players
- People educated at Marist Brothers High School (Fiji)
- Fijian expatriates in Japan
- People from Namatakula
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Japan
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Kubota Spears players
- Japan international rugby sevens players
- Rugby union players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in rugby union
- Japanese rugby union biography stubs