Atunaisa Vunivalu is a Fijian rugby league footballer who represented Fiji in the 2000 World Cup.
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| Born | Fiji | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Vunivialu played in three matches for Fiji in the 2000 World Cup.[2] He scored a hat-trick against Russia including a 90-metre try, then a record.[3][4]
In 2008, while playing for the Mango Bay Cowboys in the Fiji National Rugby League Grand Final, Vunivialu punched referee Sale Tubuna. The match was abandoned and he was subsequently suspended for five years.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ Atunasia Vunivialu rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Rugby League New Zealand Herald, 30 October 2000
- ^ Fijians floor French at World Cup ABC News, 1 November 2008
- ^ New Zealand thrash Lebanon 64-0 The Post, 29 October 2000
- ^ "Rugby: Player banned for punching ref". Otago Daily Times. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ Vunivalu punches ref, cops 5-year ban The Fiji Times, 3 August 2008