Nemani Nadolo
Nadolo in 2015
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Personal information
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| Full name | Ratu Nemani Driu Nasiganiyavi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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31 January 1988 Sigatoka, Fiji |
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| Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 135 kg (21 st 4 lb; 298 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nemani Nadolo (formerly Ratu Nasiganiyavi, born 31 January 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player. His usual position is wing or centre. He currently plays for Montpellier in the French Top 14 competition He was the overall top try scorer of the 2014 Super Rugby season competition, scoring a try in both the semi-final and final.
Ratu Nemani Driu Nasiganiyavi was born in Sigatoka, Fiji. At three months of age he moved to Brisbane, Australia where his father, Isei Nasiganiyavi, played rugby for Queensland.
He changed his name to Nemani Nadolo later as an adult, adopting his mother's maiden name in 2009 instead of the surname of his father, Isei Nasiganiyavi 1980s Queensland Reds Winger and who had left the family home when he was young.
He attended Nudgee College, and was selected for the Queensland Schoolboys rugby team in 2005. He is the older brother of Chris Kuridrani (formerly Chris Nasiganiyavi) and the cousin of Tevita Kuridrani, and Lote Tuqiri.
After featuring for Perth Spirit in the 2007 Australian Rugby Championship (as Ratu Siganiyavi), he headed east to play for Randwick in 2008. He hit the ground running for Randwick scoring 13 tries in his first seven matches. His club rugby season was punctuated by selection for the Australian Under 20 team for the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship, where he crossed seven times in five matches to be the tournament's leading tryscorer.
Nasiganiyavi was one of the finds of the 2008 season, with his hard-running and try-scoring prowess earning the powerhouse wing a Super 14 contract with the Waratahs.
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