Samisoni Viriviri
Birth name | Samisoni Viriviri Nasagavesi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 April 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb; 194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ratu Navula College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Samisoni Viriviri Sr. (grandfather)[1] Timoci Nagusa (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samisoni Viriviri Nasagavesi
He has signed with the French Top 14 club Montpellier.[2]
Early career
Viriviri started his career playing in the local 7's competition. He chased a dream borne out of the stories of his
2012–present
He made his debut at the 2012 Gold Coast Sevens but did not make the cut for the Dubai and South Africa legs. He made a comeback in the 2013 Wellington Sevens and followed it up with an impressive effort in the 2013 USA Sevens. His top performance and 8 tries at Hong Kong gave him the Best and Fairest Player Award.[3] He ended the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series with 29 tries.
In January 2014, he signed with Top 14 club, Montpellier.[4]
He started the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series like he ended the last, he notched up 7 tries in the 2013 Dubai Sevens and he carried his performance to the 2013 South Africa Sevens scoring 6 tries.[5] He became the top try scorer in Japan scoring 9 tries.[6] He leads the season with 48 tries, 17 clear of nearest rival, NZ's, Tim Mikkelson.[7]
He was shortlisted as the 2014 IRB Sevens Player of the Year.
He was also named in the IRB 7s dream team of the season alongside NZ's DJ Forbes, Scott Curry, Australia's Cameron Clarke, Canadian duo John Moonlight and Phil Mack as well as South Africa's Justin Geduld.[10]
He made his debut for Montpellier in the 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage on the left wing, he scored a try but was denied by the referee due to an incident earlier.[11] But he did not score any try in six appearances in Top 14 and European Champions Cup.[citation needed]
In 2015, he was sold off to
References
- ^ Viriviri dedicates win to his angel
- ^ "Planet Rugby – IRB Sevens – Montpellier sign Fijian Sevens star". Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Viriviri fast – Fiji Times Online". Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Fiji's Viriviri signs with Montpellier – SuperSport – Rugby". Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Official HSBC Sevens World Series". Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Official HSBC Sevens World Series". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sport: Samisoni Viriviri shortlisted for sevens player of year – Radio New Zealand News". Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Viriviri wins IRB 7s Player of the Year". Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Viriviri creates history in last hurrah". Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Planet Rugby – Toulouse off to winning start". Retrieved 20 October 2014.
External links
- Samisoni Viriviri at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series
- Samisoni Viriviri at ESPNscrum
- Samisoni Viriviri at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Samisoni Viriviri at Olympics.com
- Samisoni Viriviri at Olympedia
- Samisoni Viriviri at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Samisoni Viriviri at Ultimate Rugby
- Samisoni Viriviri Nasagavesi at ESPNscrum
- Samisoni Viriviri on Facebook