Paulo Nawalu

Fijian rugby union player (born 1959)
Rugby player
Paulo Nawalu
Date of birth (1958-10-18) October 18, 1958 (age 66)
Place of birthLautoka, Fiji
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight201 lb (91 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s)Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1970-1972Nailili Catholic Mission School()
1973-1977Marist Brothers High School()
1978-1980Corpus Christi Teachers Colts()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1978-1990St. John's Marist Club()
1981-1990Suva()
1990-2000Hino Motors()
2000-2012Kawagoe Fighters()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1983-1989Fiji17(7)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
1992-1995Japan
Coaching career
YearsTeam
1981-1989Cathedral Secondary High School (senior team)
1991-1999Hino Motors
1992-2001Japan 7s
2000-2012Hakuoh University
2002-2013 (Skill Coach)Japan 7s
2015-Karada Factory A.P. Pirates

Paulo Nawalu, spelt also as Paula Nawalu (born October 18, 1959 in Lautoka) is a former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half.

Career

His first international match was against Tonga, at Suva, on June 8, 1983. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup roster, as well of the South Pacific Barbarians during their 1987 tour in South Africa. Later, Nawalu played for the Japan national rugby sevens team, with which he played the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[1] Nawalu was the first Fijian player to play in a Japanese team, when he played for Hino Motors.[2]

Coaching career

He trained the Japan national rugby sevens team during the 1997 and the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Currently, since 2015, he is coaching Karada Factory A.P. Pirates, a Japanese women's rugby sevens team.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Japan, Marist team up
  2. ^ My 19 Years in Japan: Nawalu
  3. ^ A.P.パイレーツ
  • Paulo Nawalu at ESPNscrum


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