Graham Charles Dewes (born 24 January 1982 in

Suva Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ...

) is a

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

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. He plays as a prop.

Career

Dewes got his first cap for

on 26 May 2007 in a 30–15 win over

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. He was a member of the Fiji squad that entered the

2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...

finals, playing in four matches and scoring the winning try in the 38–34 win over

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putting Fiji through to their first quarter final in 20 years. Fiji lost that quarter final to eventual winners

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despite drawing 20-all for a period in the 2nd half. He had 7 caps by the end of the competition. His mother is Rotuman from Noa'tau,

Rotuma Rotuma is a Fijian dependency, consisting of Rotuma Island and nearby islets. The island group is home to a large and unique Polynesian indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognisable minority within the population of Fiji, known as " ...

. Before his selection into the 2007 squad he had only played third division rugby in the NPC in New Zealand. He played in Auckland's age grades through to U-23s, and

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in the NPC. He played for Counties Manukau Steelers in New Zealand.

Coaching career

On November 2022, Dewes was named as

's new forwards coach.

References

External links

Fiji profile
1982 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Rugby union props Fiji international rugby union players Fijian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Fijian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Fijian people of Rotuman descent Sportspeople from Suva Fijian people of British descent {{fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub