Apisai Nagata

Apisai Nagata
Date of birth date of birth unkwown
Place of birth Nawaka, Nadi, Fiji[1][2]
Notable relative(s) Apisai Nagata Rogu (nephew)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
198?-19??
198?-19??
1986-19??
19??-19??		 Nawaka[3]
Nadi
Colombo Hockey and Football Club
Kandy Sports Club		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987 Fiji 0 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
1991-1992  Sri Lanka 1991-92

Apisai Nagata, sometimes misspelled as Apisai Nasata (born Nadi, date of birth unknown) is a former Fijian rugby player. He played as prop.

Career

Nagata hails from Nawaka, the same village who produced rugby stars, such as Manasa Qoro, Savenaca Aria, Esala Labalaba, the late Sanivalati Laulau, Lalai Driu, Aminiasi Nava, Apisai Naevo and Semisi Naevo. He was in the 1987 Rugby World Cup roster,[4] where during the pool match against Italy, in Dunedin, on 31 May 1987, he was in the substitute bench as second-choice loosehead prop,[5] but did not play any match in the tournament. Nagata also played several rugby seasons in Sri Lanka, moving to Colombo Hockey and Football Club in 1986, becoming the first Fijian to play in a Sri Lankan rugby union club,[6] and then, for Kandy Sports Club.[7] Nagata also played for Sri Lanka sevens in the 1991-92 Hong Kong Sevens.[8][9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Nawaka 7s organisers celebrate 30 years of rugby partnership
  2. ↑ Tale of two rivers; Part one
  3. ↑ Nawaka 7s to showcase a new star
  4. ↑ FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2014
  5. ↑ Fiji vs Italy 1987 at ESPN Scrum
  6. ↑ The Sunday Leader
  7. ↑ The Island
  8. ↑ Apisai Nagata Facebook profile
  9. ↑ From Fiji with love The Nation Sports


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