Tanner Vili

Tanner Aiavao Vili
Date of birth (1976-05-13) 13 May 1976 (age 48)[1]
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flyhalf, Fullback
– Pacific Islanders ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002–04 Border Reivers ()
2004–06 Kintetsu ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
–2002 Counties Manukau ()
2006–08 Wanganui ()
2009 King Country ()
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2000–01 Hurricanes 5 (7)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999–2006 Samoa 34 (99)

Tanner Vili (born 13 May 1976) is a New Zealand/Samoan rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half and full back

He played for Samoa at the 1999 Rugby World Cup and 2003 Rugby World Cup. He later joined the NZ Barbarians.[2]

In 2004 Vili's illegal clothesline tackle on Mark Cueto began the tension that eventually led to the mass brawl that led to the dismissal of Semo Sititi (yellow card), Alesana Tuilagi and Lewis Moody (both red cards), in some of the worst scenes of violence ever to be witnessed at Twickenham.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tanner Vili Samoa". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Tanner Vili". New Zealand Barbarian Rugby Club. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. ^ "England 40-3 Samoa". 26 November 2005.


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