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Paulo Nawalu

Paulo Nawalu
Date of birth (1958-10-18) October 18, 1958 (age 65)
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)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1970-1972 Nailili Catholic Mission School ()
1973-1977 Marist Brothers High School ()
1978-1980 Corpus Christi Teachers Colts ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1978-1990 St. John's Marist Club ()
1981-1990 Suva ()
1990-2000 Hino Motors ()
2000-2012 Kawagoe Fighters ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983-1989 Fiji 17 (7)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
1992-1995 Japan
Coaching career
Years Team
1981-1989 Cathedral Secondary High School (senior team)
1991-1999 Hino Motors
1992-2001 Japan 7s
2000-2012 Hakuoh 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

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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

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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]

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