Fijian rugby union player (1963–2019)
Rugby player
Epineri Naituku
Birth name | Epineri Taganesei Naituku |
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Date of birth | (1963-01-08)8 January 1963 |
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Place of birth | Fiji |
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Date of death | 29 October 2019(2019-10-29) (aged 56) |
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Place of death | Suva, Fiji |
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Position(s) |
Centre |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Points) |
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19??-19?? |
Nasinu |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Points) |
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1987–1988 |
Fiji |
2 |
(0) |
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Epineri Taganesei Naituku[1] (8 January 1963 – 29 October 2019) was a Fijian rugby union player.[2] He played as centre.
Career
He was capped for Fiji twice, in the 1987 Rugby World Cup,[3] playing the matches against Argentina, on 24 May, at Hamilton and Italy, on 31 May, at Dunedin, the latter of which was his last international cap.
Naituku also played for the South Sea Barbarians, a team made up of Fijian, Samoan and Tongan players, which played a rebel tour in apartheid-era South Africa.[4]
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