Elvis Seveali'i
Birth name | Elvis Seveali'i | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 June 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington,New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elvis Lulai Seveali'i(born 20 June 1978 inWellington,New Zealand)[1]is a retiredSamoanrugby unionfootballer. He playedcentreand wing and representedManu Samoainternationally.
He has representedWellingtonin the under-19s and under-21s as well as theNational Provincial Championshipteam.
Seveali'i has representedWellingtonin the under-19s and under-21s as well as theNational Provincial Championshipteam. He played forBathduring the 2002–03 English rugby season.[2]He made hisHeineken Cupdebut on 13 April 2003, scoring twice against theSaracens.At the end of the season he scored a try againstLondon Irishin the dying seconds that literally avoided Bath relegation.[3]He spent the following two seasons with theNeath-Swansea Ospreys.He signed with the Sale Sharks during which he played at centre and won the2005-06 Guinness Premiership.[4]He has since has moved to theGuinness Premiershipside London Irish.[5]In September 2010 he was banned for two weeks for a dangerous tackle.[6]In 2011 he considered leaving London Irish at the end of the season.[7]He subsequently joinedBourgoinin France, before finally playing forRovigoin Italy. He retired in 2013.
In 2018 he became head coach for California Women's Rugby.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Elvis Seveali'i Samoa".ESPNScrum.Retrieved29 July2021.
- ^"Flying with rugby wings".Kapi-Mana News. 13 July 2009.Retrieved29 July2021.
- ^"Elvis brings Bath back from dead",The Guardian
- ^"Sale 45-20 Leicester".BBC.27 May 2006.Retrieved9 February2014.
- ^"Seveali'I joins Exiles".Sky Sport. 7 August 2008.Retrieved29 July2021.
- ^"Exiles rocked by Elvis ban".ESPNScrum. 22 September 2010.Retrieved29 July2021.
- ^"Elvis Seveali'i considering his options".BerkshireLive. 1 April 2011.Retrieved29 July2021.
- ^"Introducing Head Coach Elvis Seveali'i!".Cal Women’s Rugby. 12 January 2008.Retrieved29 July2021.
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Rugby union centres
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- Bath Rugby players
- Sale Sharks players
- London Irish players
- Rugby union players from Wellington City
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Pacific Islanders rugby union players
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in Wales
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in England
- New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Wales
- Wellington rugby union players
- Ospreys (rugby union) players
- Rugby Rovigo Delta players
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France
- Samoan rugby union biography stubs