Amenoni Nasilasila (born 8 February 1992) is a Fijian

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footballer. He had played for the

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team. Nasilasila made his debut for at the

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Career

Nasilasila grew up in Namatakula, the famous town known for creating rugby union and league stars like

Noa Nadruku Noa Nadruku (born 19 September 1967) is a Fijian former rugby footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. After representing Fiji in rugby union, he switched to play rugby league in Australia for the Canberra Raiders (92 games between 1993 and ...

who is his uncle,

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who is his cousin and

Nemani Nadolo Nemani Nadolo (formerly Ratu Nasiganiyavi; born 31 January 1988) is a Fijian-Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby, usually as a wing or centre, and the Fiji national team. Nadolo was t ...

. He played

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and was part of the Fiji Residents Rugby league side, a feeder for the

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. He wanted a career in rugby league and waited for 3 years for offers but then switched to rugby union joining a top local 7's club, Ratu Filise. He was spotted by then coach Ben Ryan who saw him playing in one of the local tournaments and included him in his extended side for the

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but an injury ruled him out on the eleventh hour. He made his debut at the

making his debut against

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scoring a try in their 54-7 thrashing. He did not make the Fiji side to the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

He also represented his provincial side, Navosa in the Skipper Cup playing at playmaker and halfback. He captained the Fiji Barbarians 7's side top the SUDAmerica 7's in December 2016. He was included by the new Fiji 7's coach,

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for the

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. Nasilasila was selected as the 13th man for the first tournament, of the

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, the

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but an injury to

Waisea Nacuqu Waisea Nacuqu (born 24 May 1993) is a Fiji national rugby sevens team player. Nacuqu is known as "game breaker" and has on many occasions scored match winning tries. He is well known for his speed and scoring tries. Nacuqu is from Votua village n ...

on Day One saw him getting selected for the main team and played very well and got praises from the coach after helping Fiji beat the Australia in the dying stages of their final pool game and after Naququ failed to recover in time, he made the main team for the

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. His performance in that tournament saw him make the Dream Team for the first time as well as being named the DHL Impact Player of the Cape Town 7s.

Rape conviction

On October 23, 2019, Nasilasila was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for raping a 24-year-old woman on December 22, 2018. The incident took place at a settlement in Sigatoka.

References

External links

Rugby.com
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