Dale Tonawai Mataluvu (born 9 May 1980) is a Fijian former international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. A back-row forward from Lawai, Nadroga, Tonawai captained both the Army and Suva in Fijian rugby. Tonawai made his debut for the Fiji XV against Tonga in Lautoka during the

2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup The 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union competition held between six Pacific Rim sides; Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's second XV). This was the first year that Australia A had competed &n ...

and was capped a further two times at the

2010 IRB Pacific Nations Cup The 2010 Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union tournament held between four national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji national rugby union team, Fiji, Japan national rugby union team, Japan, Samoa national rugby union team, Samoa and Tonga national r ...

. He also competed for Fiji in rugby sevens and represented his country at the

2011 Pacific Games The 2011 Pacific Games (officially known as NC 2011) took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from August 27 to September 10, 2011. Nouméa was the 14th host of the Pacific Games. Upon closure of the registration for entries, "some 4,300 athletes" h ...

, where they finished with a silver medal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tonawai, Dale 1980 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Fiji international rugby union players Fiji international rugby sevens players Rugby union players from Nadroga-Navosa Province Rugby union flankers Pacific Games silver medalists for Fiji Pacific Games medalists in rugby sevens

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