Kiniviliame Radaveta (born 17 March 1975 in

Naitasiri :see also Naitasiri District Naitasiri is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji and one of eight located on Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. Geography and infrastructure Naitasiri covers an area of , and occupies the area mostly to the north of Suva, ...

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) is a

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footballer, who has played at flanker,

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, and

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. He has been capped once for

in a match against neighbours

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. At a young age he played rugby at Nadarivatu Junior

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, representing the school from under 17 level to under 19. After school, he joined his village team and was later selected to play for his province

, who went on to win Telecom Fiji Cup. ''Kini'', as he is called used to play as flanker for his old club, Hydro, in

in 15's. Kini was selected to play for Fiji in the

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by former national sevens coach

Tomasi Cama Tomasi Camaneisenirosi is a Fijian former rugby union footballer. He played for Nabua Rugby Club in Fiji and won 14 caps playing for making his test debut 10 August 1985 against at Ballymore, Brisbane scoring a try. He played four tests in th ...

for the 2001-2002 season. He has played in Hong Kong for the DeA Tigers and in 2010 was the captain of the Hydro team in Fiji. He later coached the Hydro 7s team.

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