Aminiasi Naituyaga (23 June 1973 – 6 March 2002) was a Fijian rugby union international.
| Date of birth | 23 June 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 3 June 2002 (aged 28) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sigatoka River, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Sigatoka Mission School | ||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
editA hard-tackling flanker from Nayawa village, Naituyaga was known by the nickname "Steelman".[1] He played on the Fiji side that won the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens and was capped four times that year for the Fiji XV, debuting against the All Blacks in North Shore City.[2] His son, also named Aminiasi, was a Fiji under-20s representative.[3]
Death
editNaituyaga died of drowning in 2002 while attempting to cross the Sigatoka River after a training session.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Steel Of A Man In Mini". Fiji Sun. 18 September 2008.
- ^ Rakoko, Kameli (17 May 2015). "The new Steelman". The Fiji Times.
- ^ "Naituyaga Junior hopes to carry on father's legacy". Fiji Village. 16 May 2014.
- ^ "Fijian flanker feared drowned". BBC News. 8 March 2002.
External links
edit- Aminiasi Naituyaga at ESPNscrum