Manu Vunipola
| Date of birth | 1967 (age 50–51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kolomotu'a, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1,70 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) |
Feʻao Vunipola (brother) Elisi Vunipola (brother) Mako Vunipola and Billy Vunipola (nephews) |
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| Occupation(s) | Minister of Sport of Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Scrum-half | ||
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| Current team | -- | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1987-1999 | Toa-ko-Ma'afu RFC | () | |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1987-1999 | Tonga | 36 | (9) |
| National sevens team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Comps | |
| Tonga | 1993 | ||
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2012-2014 | Tonga | ||
Manu Vunipola (born Kolomotu'a, circa 1967) is a Tongan former rugby union player and former Tonga sevens coach. He played as scrum-half. Currently he is the Minister of Sport of Tonga.
Vunipola debuted for Tonga in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing only against Wales, in Palmerston North, on 29 May 1987. He also played the 1995 Rugby World Cup, playing the matches against France and against Scotland, in Pretoria. His last international cap was during the match against Fiji in Nuku'alofa, on 26 June 1999.
He is brother of the fly-half Elisi Vunipola and of the hooker Feʻao Vunipola, both Tongan internationals. He is also the uncle of Feʻao's sons, Billy and Mako Vunipola, both English internationals.
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