| Birth name | Ratu Manoa Seru Vosawai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manoa Vosawai (born 12 August 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is an Italian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Cardiff Blues in Wales. He made his debut with the Italian national side on August 18, 2007 in a match against Japan. Vosawai plays as a number eight. Vosawai was included in the Italian squad for the 2007 World Cup, and made a substitute appearance in the Azzurri's opening match against the All Blacks, replacing Alessandro Zanni.
He joined Benetton Treviso in June 2010.[2]
In March 2014 it was announced that Vosawai would join Cardiff Blues for the upcoming 2014/2015 season.[3]
References
- ^ www.uprisevsi.co.uk, upriseVSI. "Senior Squad | Cardiff Blues". upriseVSI.
- ^ "[RUGBYLIST] Notizie del mercoledì". www.rugbylist.it.
- ^ Thomas, Simon (20 March 2014). "Cardiff Blues to sign Italian international back row Manoa Vosawai from Treviso". WalesOnline.