Uale Mai

Uale Mai Vala

Uale Mai in Fiji.
Date of birth	(1978-07-20) 20 July 1978 (age 38)
Place of birth	Samoa
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly half Current team CR El Salvador Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) National team(s) Years Team Comps

Uale Mai Vala (born July 20, 1978) is a rugby union player and plays for the country's national teams, Manu Samoa and Samoa Sevens. He is a former captain of the Samoa Sevens team which represent Samoa internationally in the IRB Sevens World Series. He is Sevens rugby's most capped player and is considered one of the greats in the international sport. In 2010, he joined the CR El Salvador.

Mai was the first Samoan to be awarded the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year, which he received for the 2005–06 World Sevens Series. The ceremony took place in Glasgow's historic Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Britain on 26 November 2006. He was also awarded Player of the Tournament at the Hong Kong Sevens in 2007.

In 2009, Mai took a short break from the Samoa Sevens team but returned in 2010 under new coach Stephen Betham.

Mai is from Vailoa village in Palauli district on the island of Savai'i.

Mai has been one of the top try and points scorer in the IRB World Sevens Series. He is comfortable at Fly Half and Scrum Half at 15 a side rugby, where he represents Samoa in the national Manu Samoa. In 2008, he was awarded the Samoan Senior Player of the Year and also received a nomination for the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year.