Birth name | Alefaio Vaisuai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 September 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Moata'a, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mary-Anne Palmer [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Precious [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alefaio Vaisuai (born Moata'a, 21 September 1963 [3]) is a Samoan former rugby sevens player who played as flanker. [4]
At club level, Vaisuai played for Moata'a, which was the club where played many legends such as Michael Jones, Danny Kaleopa, Andy Aiolupo, Lolani Koko and Taufusi Salesa. [5] [6] [7] He took part in the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens playing for Samoa sevens, [8] as well in the 1993-1994 Hong Kong Sevens, where in the latter he scored the winning try against Fiji. [9] [10] He also played the 1996 Punta del Este Sevens tournament. [11] [12] He also took part at the 1992 Middlesex Sevens, in which Western Samoa won the final.
Currently he is married and has a daughter, and he lives in Glen Eden, Auckland. [13]
Birth name | Alefaio Vaisuai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 September 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Moata'a, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mary-Anne Palmer [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Precious [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alefaio Vaisuai (born Moata'a, 21 September 1963 [3]) is a Samoan former rugby sevens player who played as flanker. [4]
At club level, Vaisuai played for Moata'a, which was the club where played many legends such as Michael Jones, Danny Kaleopa, Andy Aiolupo, Lolani Koko and Taufusi Salesa. [5] [6] [7] He took part in the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens playing for Samoa sevens, [8] as well in the 1993-1994 Hong Kong Sevens, where in the latter he scored the winning try against Fiji. [9] [10] He also played the 1996 Punta del Este Sevens tournament. [11] [12] He also took part at the 1992 Middlesex Sevens, in which Western Samoa won the final.
Currently he is married and has a daughter, and he lives in Glen Eden, Auckland. [13]