Salacieli Naivilawasa

Salacieli Naivilawasa
Date of birth (1961-02-14) 14 February 1961
Place of birth Vitawa, Ra, Fiji
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg)
School Xavier College
Spouse Sereima Sivo Naivilawasa
Children Samu
Occupation(s) Police superintendent[1][2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Suva ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986-1991 Fiji 21 (8)

Salacieli Naivilawasa (born Ra, February 14 1961) is a former Fijian rugby player. He played as hooker.

Career

His first international match was against Tonga, at Nuku'alofa, on June 28, 1986. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup Fijian squad, playing 3 matches, scoring a try in the pool match against Argentina at Hamilton, on May 24. He also was in the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster, where he played only the match against Canada on October 5, 1991, being this his last match for the Flying Fijians in his career. Currently he works in the Fiji Police Force as Divisional Police Commander and senior superintendent in the Western Division.[3] He joined the force as an 18-year-old straight out of Xavier College and began his career at the Valelevu base in Suva, before transferring to the mobile unit and then to Sigatoka.

Notes

  1. ↑ West Police display skills
  2. ↑ Traffickers on the run after flagging down cops
  3. ↑ 36 years on, Naivilawasa calls it a day


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