Tjiuee Uanivi
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| Date of birth | 31 December 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Otjiwarongo, Namibia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tjiuee Uanivi (born 31 December 1990) is a Namibian rugby union player that normally plays as a lock or flanker.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
When not involved with the Glasgow Warriors, Uanivi played for the Glasgow Hawks.[2]
Professional career
He played for French Top 14 side Template:Rut Brive between 2013 and 2015.[3] After the 2015 Rugby World Cup, he moved to South Africa to join the Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup); he was also included in the Template:Rut Sharks squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season.[4]
He played five times for a Template:Rut Sharks XV in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series – and returned to the northern hemisphere, signing for Scottish Pro12 side Glasgow Warriors for the 2016–2017 season.[5]
Uanivi made his debut for the Warriors in the pre-season match against Harlequins on the 20 August 2016.[6]
On 4 May 2017 it was announced that Uanivi would leave the Warriors at the end of the season. He played 5 times for the Glasgow club.[7]
On 13 July 2017 it was announced that Uanivi had signed for London Scottish.[8]
International career
He represented Namibia since 2014,[9] and was a member of their 2015 Rugby World Cup squad.[10]
References
- ^ "Rugby - Player statistics - club stats". It's Rugby. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/17/02/09/eight-warriors-premiership-action
- ^ "Tjiuee UANIVI (joueur de rugby 2ème ligne)". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "2016 Squad - Sharks Rugby". Sharks. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Warriors land Namibia's Uanivi" (Press release). Glasgow Warriors. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/16/08/20/narrow-loss-warriors-london
- ^ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/17/05/04/warriors-announce-summer-departures
- ^ http://www.londonscottish.com/pro/news/5000.php#.WWfknIQrK1s
- ^ "Namibian Squad Announced for European Tour". The Sports Campus. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Spotlight On - Tjiuee Uanivi". The Namibian. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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