Taqele Naiyaravoro
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| Full name | Taqele Naiyaravoro | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yasawa Island, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 123 kg (19 st 5 lb; 271 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Suva Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing/Second-row | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing | ||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Waratahs | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Amateur clubs | |||
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2011−2014 2015−2016 2016− |
Parramatta Two Blues Glasgow Warriors Panasonic Wild Knights |
5 22 13 |
(35) (45) (25) |
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Correct as of 15 January 2017
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| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2014 | Greater Sydney Rams | 4 | (20) |
| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2014–2015 2016− |
Waratahs Waratahs |
20 2 |
(45) (10) |
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Correct as of 22 July 2016
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2015 2015- 2015- |
World XV Barbarians Australia |
1 2 2 |
(15) (5) (10) |
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Correct as of 25 June 2016
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Taqele Naiyaravoro (born 7 December 1991 in Yasawa Island, Fiji) is an Australian professional rugby union and rugby league footballer. His regular playing position is on the wing.
Naiyaravoro was born in Suva. He attended Suva Grammar School and during his younger days was interested in playing rugby union and watching Super 12 and his favourite player was Lote Tuqiri. He played rugby union all through his school days in Fiji and made the national Under 16s team playing both as a winger and flanker. He later joined Tamaki Sports Academy in NZ and went on to play for Otahuhu Rugby Club. He was spotted by a NZ scout during the secondary schools rugby championship in Fiji.
When he joined the Tigers, he was playing behind the then incumbent, Pat Richards, David Nofoaluma and Marika Koroibete for a place in the main squad. He played for the Balmain Tigers in the NSW Cup. He scored 23 tries in 15 games for the Tigers before an ankle injury ruled him out of the remainder of the season. He was selected into the Fiji Bati team for the Vodafone Cup in 2011 after a good performance during the "Battle of the Batis". He played on the wing as the Bati's beat the Kumuls at Mount Hagen.
He was selected in the Fiji Bati team to the 2013 Rugby League World Cup but dropped out after his ankle-injury.
In April 2014, he was selected in to the Fiji Bati side again to prepare for their one-off test against Samoa for a berth in the 2014 Rugby League Four Nations but he pulled out because he had signed a rugby union contract with the Waratahs and was prohibited from playing rugby league. He sought release from the West Tigers after being offered a contract to play for NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby. His Waratahs signing followed injuries to regular wingers, Peter Betham and Alofa Alofa. He joined the Parramatta Two Blues team in preparation for a starting berth with the Waratahs. He made his rugby union debut in round 7 of the Shute Shield against Eastwood where he scored two tries playing on the wing and at inside centre.
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