Lote Raikabula

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Lote Raikabula
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Full name Lote Raikabula
Date of birth (1983-07-31) 31 July 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Fiji
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Weight 87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Utility back
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Manawatu
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2006-present New Zealand Sevens team
Lote Raikabula
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's Rugby
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Rugby 7's
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi Rugby 7's

Lote Raikabula (born 31 July 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is a New Zealand rugby player who has played both Rugby Union and Rugby sevens. He currently plays for the All Blacks Sevens team in the IRB Sevens World Series. He has played more than 60 tournaments since his debut in 2006,[1] playing in 20 tournament-winning teams. With five IRB Sevens World Series medals, a Rugby World Cup Sevens title and two Commonwealth Games gold medals he is arguably New Zealand Sevens' most successful player.[2]

Raikabula has played Rugby Union for both Hawkes Bay[3] and Manawatu[4] in the Air New Zealand Cup.

Career highlights

  • New Zealand Sevens 2006–present
  • Hawke's Bay 2006, 2007
  • East Coast 2005
  • Wellington Sevens 2002 - 2005
  • Wellington Under 21 2003

References

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