Lote Tuqiri (rugby union, born 1987)
Appearance
Date of birth | 12 November 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Tuqiri made his debut for Japan sevens in the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens.
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- Lote Tuqiri at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Japan RFU Player Profile
- Lote Tuqiri at Olympics.com
- Lote Tuqiri at Olympedia (archive)
- Lote Tuqiri at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Namatakula
- Rugby union players from Nadroga-Navosa Province
- Male rugby sevens players
- Japanese rugby union players
- Fijian rugby union players
- People educated at Marist Brothers High School, Fiji
- Fijian emigrants to Japan
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay players
- Japan international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in rugby union
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union centres
- Hanazono Kintetsu Liners players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Naturalised rugby union players
- Japanese rugby union biography stubs