Asaeli Ai Valu

Asaeli Ai Valu
Full name Asaeli Ai Valu
Date of birth (1989-05-07) 7 May 1989
Place of birth Tonga
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Sunwolves / Panasonic Wild Knights
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–present Panasonic Wild Knights 36 (40)
2018–present Sunwolves 0 (0)
Correct as of 5 December 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–present Japan 3 (5)
Correct as of 5 December 2017

Asaeli Ai Valu (ヴァル アサエリ愛, Ai Valu Asaeli, born 7 May 1989) is a Tongan-born, Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a prop.[1] He currently plays for Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Panasonic Wild Knights in Japan's domestic Top League.[2]He received Japanese Citizenship in 2017.

International

After 4 Top League seasons for Panasonic Wild Knights Ai Valu received his first call-up to his adopted country, Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.

References

  1. ↑ "Asaeli Ai Valu ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Asaeli Ai Valu Japan Rugby Player Profile" (in Japanese). Japan Rugby. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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