Jone Qovu
 Qovu in November 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Jone Qovu Nailiko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 August 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sigatoka, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 139 kg (21 st 12 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jone Qovu Nailiko (born
number eight for Niortais
.
Played formerly for Racing Metro and La Rochelle in the Top 14 in France.
Selected for Fiji schoolboys U18 tour to NZ in 2002 after impressing with his size and physicality for Sigatoka Methodist College in the Deans Trophy competition. Played alongside future flying fijians players in Talemaitoga Tuapati, Derryk Thomas and Waisale Sukanaveita.
Career
He currently plays for
New Zealand Maori. He was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals and he played in the 12–55 loss to Australia
.
External links
- Fiji profile
- (in French) Racing Métro profile
- Scrum profile
References
- ^ "FrenchRugbyClub Racing-Métro 92 squad". FrenchRugbyClub.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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