Fijian Drua: Know Your Players

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Fijian Drua players – Kaliopasi Uluilakepa, Meli Tuni & Sorovakatini Tuifagalele. Picture: SUPPLIED

Name: Kaliopasi Uluilakepa

Date of birth: January 18, 1999

Roots: Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand

Nickname: Pasi

Position: Prop

Playing Record 

  • 2017: Marist Brother School Under-18 Team
  • 2017: Fiji Under-18
  • 2018-2019: New Zealand Under-20 (14 caps) Achievements
  • 2018: World Rugby Junior Championship winner with All Blacks Under-20
  • 2020: Part of the Hurricanes extended squad for Super Rugby

Fun Fact: Pretty good on the guitar and on the basketball court as a centre or power forward.

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Name: Meli Tuni

Date of birth: June 29, 2000

Roots: Vuci Village, Tailevu; Maternal links to Teci, Yasawa

Nickname: Tunis

Position: Loosehead Prop

Playing Record

  • 2019: Fijian Under-20 (3 caps)
  • 2020: Fijian Warriors (2 caps) Achievements
  • 2020: Part of the World Rugby Pacific Combine Team
  • 2020: Won Skipper Cup with Suva q 2019: Represented Fiji Under-20 at the World Rugby Junior Championship
  • 2019: Won Deans Trophy with Ratu Kadavulevu School

Fun Fact: He absolutely loves to draw and is quite the artist – from pencil drawing to painting.

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Name: Sorovakatini Tuifagalele

Date of birth: June 15, 1994

Roots: Mualevu, Vanuabalavu

Nickname: Slone

Position: Lock

Playing Record

  • 2019/2020 Suva Rugby Team
  • 2019/2020 Fijian Latui Achievements
  • 2019/2020 Skipper Cup win Suva

Fun Fact: Was in the engineering corps in the Fijian Navy doing carpentry