Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi

Rugby Legend & Greatest Sevens Player of All Time

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Coach-Player

2005 – 2007: Player – Coach
Serevi started the year by leading the Lomaiviti Barbarians in the Pacific 7’s in Auckland, New Zealand. Serevi returned to Fiji (from his club Staines in England) in February that year in an attempt to play for Fiji in the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens. On returning to Fiji, Serevi [...]

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Family

Yesteryears
Serevi was born in the village of Qarani, the third of five children, on the island of Gau on 20 May 1968. He was raised by staunch Christian parents who were both heavily involved in the Church.  Serevi’s inspiration to play rugby stemmed from his childhood, when Fiji defeated the British Lions in 1977. He [...]

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Sevens

1989–1993
After playing domestics sevens in Fiji, Serevi was selected for Fiji for the Sydney Sevens tournament in 1989. Later that year he made his début at the Hong Kong Sevens. Although New Zealand won the tournament – and beat Fiji in their semi-final – Serevi was named player of the tournament. Serevi returned in 1990
when [...]

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History

In the 15-man game, he played for Fiji 39 times between 1989 and 2003, and scored 376 points. This included representing Fiji in the 1991, 1999, and 2003 Rugby World Cups. He also played professionally for Mitsubishi, Leicester, Stade Montois, Stade Bordelais and Staines.
His representative sevens career started in 1989 when he played for Fiji [...]

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The Wizard of Fiji

Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi (Born 20 May 1968 in Suva, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union footballer, noted for his superb skills in rugby sevens. Although Serevi has also been capped 39 times for his country in the 15-man game, he is dubbed the greatest exponent of the art [...]

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