Jale Railala Vakaloloma (born 10 August 1996) is a Fijian

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player who plays for the

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(MLR). He previously was signed to the

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in the

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competition. His position of choice is

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Vakaloloma played for Easts in Australia.

Professional career

He also represented Brisbane City in the

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. He signed for

on 18 July 2019. He played for two sides in Scotland's professional Super 6 league in 2020 on his return from shoulder injury:- Boroughmuir Bears and Stirling County. On 1 October 2020 it was announced that he had been released by Glasgow Warriors.

International career

He was called up and played 3 matches from the bench for Fiji 'A' in 2018 and is thus tied to Fiji. He has been called up to the

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 ...

world cup training squad for 2019.

References

Fijian rugby union players Living people Rugby union flankers Glasgow Warriors players 1996 births Boroughmuir RFC players Stirling County RFC players Rugby union locks Brisbane City (rugby union) players San Diego Legion players Fijian expatriate rugby union players in the United States {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub