Waisake Naholo
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| Full name | Waisake Ratunideuba Naholo | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sigatoka, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Cuvu College & Wanganui City College |
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2009 2011– |
Wanganui Taranaki |
11 32 |
(30) (70) |
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Correct as of 23 October 2016
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| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2013 2015– |
Blues Highlanders |
2 26 |
(5)1t (105)21t |
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Correct as of 31 July 2016
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2015– | New Zealand | 12 | (30) |
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Correct as of 26 November 2016
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| Years | Club / team | Comps | |
| 2012–13 | New Zealand | 9 | |
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Correct as of 12 May 2012
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Waisake Ratunideuba Naholo (born 8 May 1991 Sigatoka, Fiji) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He previously played for the All Blacks Sevens and now plays on the wing (and occasionally centre) position for the Dunedin based Super Rugby franchise the Highlanders,. Naholo made his test debut for the All Blacks in 2015 and was a member of the 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team.
A former New Zealand under-20 rep, Naholo has played in 5 Sevens World Series tournaments, and featured in Gordon Tietjens squad to take part at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Naholo earned himself a Blues contract after a superb ITM Cup season in 2012. Starting on the wing, he became a regular try-scoring threat. At provincial level he began his career with Wanganui before making the switch to Taranaki in 2011. He was also part of the Highlanders team that won the 2015 Super Rugby title.
At just 18 Naholo was playing provincial rugby, playing the 2009 Heartland Championship with Wanganui, he was contracted and appeared in eleven matches and recorded six tries while still at school. In 2011, Naholo moved north to Taranaki. He made his debut for the side, when he started on the wing against Wellington in week one of the competition. He played mainly on the wing throughout the season, featuring in five matches with the only one game coming off the bench. He also became a member of the Hurricanes wider training group for 2012.
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