South Africa vs Fiji during 2007 Rugby World Cup
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Full name | Mosese Nasau Rauluni | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 June 1975 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) |
Jacob Rauluni Waisale Serevi |
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Position | Scrum-half | ||||||||||||
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Professional / senior clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1995–2003 2003 2004–10 |
Brisbane Easts Crusaders Saracens |
99 |
(35) |
National team(s) | |||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1996–09 2004–2008 |
Fiji Pacific Islanders |
43 9 |
(20) (0) |
Sevens national teams | |||
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Years | Club / team | Comps |
Coaching career | |||
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Years | Club / team | ||
2010–12 2011 2012 2014– |
Saracens Academy Fiji (Asst.) Harrow School XV Fiji (Asst.) |
Mosese Nasau Rauluni (born 27 June 1975 in Suva, Fiji) is a retired Fijian rugby union footballer. He usually plays at scrum half, and played for Saracens in the Guinness Premiership in England. He has played for Fiji, including captaining them. He is the younger brother of Jacob Rauluni and first cousin of Waisale Serevi.
Rauluni was brought up in Brisbane and played his club rugby for Easts from 1995 to 2004. He represented the Australian U-19s in 1993–94. He made his test debut for Fiji on 1 November 1996 in a match against the New Zealand Māori. The following season he was capped another three times for Fiji, playing in test matches against Tonga, the Cook Islands and Samoa. The following season he played in a Test against the Wallabies.
He returned to the international scene for Fiji in May 1999, playing against the United States and then playing subsequent matches against Spain and Italy. He was included in Fiji's 1999 Rugby World Cup squad, and played in all four pool matches. After the World Cup, he earned another five caps during the subsequent season for Fiji. He played only one test in 2001, on 25 May against Tonga.