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Daniel Seleni Farani (born 14 March 1977) is a Samoan former
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 ...
international.


Rugby career

Born in
Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...
, Farani was a back-row forward, based in Europe for the majority of his career. He played his early rugby at Petone and made provincial appearances with Wellington in the late 1990s, before linking up with
Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The 20 ...
in 2001. After his sole season in Stourbridge, Farani had a season with Italian club
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, then had stints with the
Cornish Pirates The Cornish Pirates ( kw, An Vorladron Gernewek) are a professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn ...
and
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. He competed for Durban-based team
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in the
2006 Super 14 season The 2006 Super 14 season started on 10 February 2006. The Grand Final was held on 27 May 2006. Super 14 is a provincial rugby union competition with 14 teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. This season was the first of the expansion, ...
, then played in France until 2012, for
SC Albi Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional France, French rugby union club playing the third-level Championnat Fédéral Nationale, Nationale. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the National Rugby Leagu ...
and
RC Nîmes Rugby Club Nîmes Gard (also known as just RC Nîmes) are a French rugby union club that currently compete in the Fédérale 2 competition, the third division of French rugby. They have in the past played in the higher divisions, and in 1991 were ...
.


International

Farani played Test rugby for
Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...
in 2005 and 2006, gaining nine caps.


See also

*
List of Samoa national rugby union players List of Samoa national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Samoa national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a match recognized by the Samoa Rugby Union as a test match, whether it was p ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farani, Daniel 1977 births Living people Samoan rugby union players Samoa international rugby union players Rugby union number eights Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Wellington City Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate rugby union players in Italy Samoan expatriate rugby union players in England Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France Wellington rugby union players Rugby Viadana players Stourbridge R.F.C. players Cornish Pirates players Coventry R.F.C. players Sharks (rugby union) players SC Albi players RC Nîmes players