Isikeli Vuruna (born 27 January 1988 at Taveuni,

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 ...

) is a Fijian

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Fijian Rugby Union
/ref> footballer. He was a member of the

Lelean Memorial School Lelean Memorial School is one of the largest co-ed schools in Fiji. It was established in 1943 and is run by the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma. It is co-located at the Davuilevu Methodist Compound with thDavuilevu Theological Collegeand the ...

'Dream Team' of 2006 that won the Deans Trophy in the Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby Union Deans competition on 19 August of that year. The 2006 Lelean Dream Team also had players like Iliesa Keresoni and brothers Peni Rokodiva and Tomasi Mawi. He has also played in the national age group teams for Fiji in the Fiji Secondary Schools team of 2006 that played against the

Australian Schoolboys The Australian Schoolboys refer to junior teams that represent Australia in various sports. The name is mainly used in rugby league, rugby union and baseball. Other popular team sports in Australia such as cricket, basketball, association footbal ...

on 30 September 2006. Vuruna was selected and played for the Fiji Under 19 Team in the

2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship The International Rugby Board (IRB) awarded the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship to the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Ulster branch hosted it. The Tournament, which took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 4–21 April, ...

that was held in Ireland and the Fiji Under 20 Team in the

2008 IRB Junior World Championship The 2008 IRB Junior World Championship was the first annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. All players who were twenty years of age or under on 1 January 2008 were eligible for selection. This competition repla ...

, held in England. He played at wing for the Fiji A Team against the Tonga A Team in 2007. Vuruna was selected for national duties in the Fiji National Sevens Team in the

IRB Sevens World Series The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...

in 2012 playing for the victorious Fiji Sevens Teams in the Hong Kong and London tournaments. Vuruna is a naval officer in the Fiji Navy and plays for the Fiji Navy Club and for

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in the Fiji Rugby Union's Provincial Competition.

References

External links

Fiji Rugby Union Player Profile

Vuruna to debut in Hong Kong

Fiji Times Report: Vrooom!
1988 births Living people People educated at Lelean Memorial School People from Taveuni Rugby union players from Cakaudrove Province I-Taukei Fijian people Rugby union wings {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub