Olive Kilifi
| Birth name | Olive Onelani Kilifi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | September 28, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Huntington Beach, California,U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 260 lb (120 kg; 18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olive Onelani Kilifi(born September 28, 1986) is anAmericanrugby union player, who plays prop for theUnited States national rugby union teamand for theSeattle SeawolvesofMajor League Rugby(MLR).[1]
Kilifi attendedTyee High SchoolinSeatac, Washington.[2]
He debuted for the U.S. national team during theend of year testsin November 2013, earning two substitute appearances. Kilifi started in both of the March 2014qualifying matchesagainstUruguayfor the 2015 World Cup, and was at that time considered among the U.S. team's best scrummagers.[3][4]
In early 2016, Kilifi signed for theSacramento Expressof the newly formedPRO Rugbycompetition, but the competition folded after the 2016 season.
Kilifi began playing with theSeattle SeawolvesofMajor League Rugbyin 2018 and is currently a 2-time champion, winning back-to-back Major League Rugby titles in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. He was traded to theUtah Warriorsand played there for three seasons before returning to the Seawolves for the 2024 MLR season.[5]
Kilifi also represented USA Rugby in the 2015 England and 2019 Japan Rugby World Cups.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"Olive Kilifi returns to MLR with Utah Warriors".American Rugby News.RetrievedDecember 25,2020.
- ^"Olive Kilifi",USA Men's Eagles. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^"Eagles Player Ratings From Atlanta",This Is American Rugby, March 31, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^"Will the USA scrum crisis force them to chase overseas options?",Tier 2 Rugby, April 4, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ab"Seattle Seawolves Adds Olive Kilifi".djcoilrugby.RetrievedMarch 28,2024.
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- Living people
- Rugby union props
- Sportspeople from Seattle
- Rugby union players from Washington (state)
- Sacramento Express players
- Seattle Seawolves players
- United States international rugby union players
- Utah Warriors players
- 2015 Rugby World Cup players
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
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