Alefaio Vaisuai
| Birth name | Alefaio Vaisuai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 September 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Moata'a, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Mary-Anne Palmer[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Precious[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alefaio Vaisuai (born Moata'a, 21 September 1963[3]) is a Samoan former rugby sevens player who played as flanker.[4]
Career[edit]
At club level, Vaisuai played for Moata'a, which was the club where played many legends such as Michael Jones, Danny Kaleopa, Andy Aiolupo, Lolani Koko and Taufusi Salesa.[5][6][7] He took part in the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens playing for Samoa sevens,[8] as well in the 1993-1994 Hong Kong Sevens, where in the latter he scored the winning try against Fiji.[9][10] He also played the 1996 Punta del Este Sevens tournament.[11][12] He also took part at the 1992 Middlesex Sevens, in which Western Samoa won the final.
Personal life[edit]
Currently he is married and has a daughter, and he lives in Glen Eden, Auckland.[13]
Notes[edit]
- ^ [1] Our Precious angel
- ^ [2] Our Precious angel
- ^ "The Western Samoa disaster tour of 1992". World Rugby Museum. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ NewspaperSG - The Straits Times 3 March 1991
- ^ Samoa Rugby Union announce assistant national team 7s coach team manager Archived 2018-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Ultimate Rugby 7s news
- ^ TMO Marist 7s Flag Day Tournament — last hurrah Samoa News
- ^ Briefly Archived 2018-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Fiji Times Online
- ^ E le galo le siamupini soso'o a Moata'a Samoa Times
- ^ Samoans sink Fiji in battle of pacific South China Morning Post
- ^ Rugby scar i left on rush
- ^ [Favoritos para el seven] Clarin Digital
- ^ Rugby Union / Hong Kong Sevens: Fiji lose sevens' title to Samoans The Independent
- ^ [3] Our Precious angel
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