Kaiava Salusalu, written also as ''Kaiyava Salusalu'' (born Ba, 8 May 1957) is a Fijian former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played as a centre. He is father of

Semisi Tora Semisi Tora (born 28 January 1979) is a Fijian rugby league footballer who represented his country at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He plays as a or forward. He is the son of dual-code rugby international Kaiava Salusalu. As of 2012, he w ...

, who plays for Nyanga Tigers and

Fiji Bati The Fiji national rugby league team, nicknamed the Bati (pronounced ), has been participating in international rugby league football since 1992. The team is controlled by the governing body for rugby league in Fiji, Fiji National Rugby League (FNR ...

Career

Rugby union career

His first international cap for Fiji was in the match against

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

, at Suva, on 28 August 1982. He was also part of the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two quarter-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 ...

, where he played two matches in the tournament. Salusalu also played for the South Pacific Barbarians, on a rebel tour in

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. His last international cap was during the match against

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 ...

, at Nausori, on 23 June 1990.

Rugby league career

Later, he played in 1992 the first match of the

and switched code to rugby league. Salusalu was part of the

1995 Rugby League World Cup The 1995 Rugby League World Cup was held during October in the United Kingdom. It was the eleventh staging of the Rugby League World Cup and was marketed as the Halifax Centenary World Cup, reflecting the tournament's sponsorship and the fact ...

Fiji squad. In 1996, Salusalu, who captained the Fiji Bati against

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during the

Super League war The Super League war was a commercial competition between the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and the Australian Super League to establish pre-eminence in professional rugby league competition in Australia and New Zealand in the mid-1990s. Super ...

. as well in the matches where Fiji beat Tonga, Samoa and Papua New Guinea, where also played Kalaveti Naisoro, Mesake Navugona, Vula Dakuitoga, Jioji Vatubua, Nimilote Ratudina and Savenaca Taga. As of 2017, Salusalu coaches Yasawa, a rugby league team from his home village.Vatukoula too strong for Yasawa
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References

External links

at ESPN Scrum

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