Andrew Durutalo (born October 25, 1987) is a Fijian-raised American-born professional rugby player who plays for the

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(MLR). He has been capped by the U.S. national sevens team and the

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Early life

Durutalo was born in New York but soon moved back to Fiji where he attended

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. He graduated with a

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from

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Club career

After a successful spell with the USA sevens program, Durutalo signed with the

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for the

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. On 16 May 2017, Durutalo signs for English Championship club Ealing Trailfinders based in London ahead of the 2017-18 season. scoring five tries in his first six appearances attracted attention from the English Premiership. He moved up to the English Premiership, on 16 October 2017, signing with Worcester Warriors. On 16 April 2018, Durutalo will return to Ealing Trailfinders back in the RFU Championship on a long-term deal from the 2018-19 season. In 2021 he was awarded "Man of the Match" in the 139th Varsity Match. In April 2022 he scored a try for Oxford University in their 21–17 victory over Cambridge in the 140th Varsity Match while appearing alongside fellow American internationals, Eric Fry and

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. After playing eight matches for the

in 2021 MLR season, he re-signed with the Seawolves for the 2022 season.

International career

He played at the

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. He also represented Fiji's Under 20s team. Duratalo was first capped by the United States in 2012 against Canada. Durutalo played for the U.S. at the

2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl ...

in England. Durutalo also played for the U.S. national sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the U.S. finished in ninth place, missing the quarterfinal round.

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Andrew Durutalo
at USA Rugby * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durutalo, Andrew 1987 births Living people American rugby union players United States international rugby union players Dual-code rugby internationals United States international rugby sevens players Sportspeople from New York City Sunwolves players American expatriate sportspeople in Japan Olympic rugby sevens players of the United States Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club players Worcester Warriors players Seattle Seawolves players Oxford University RFC players