Manoa Vosawai (born 12 August 1983 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 ...

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 an Italian

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 currently plays for the

Cardiff Blues Cardiff Rugby ( cy, Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms ...

in Wales. He made his debut with the Italian national side on August 18, 2007 in a match against . Vosawai plays as a number eight. Vosawai was included in the Italian squad for the 2007 World Cup, and made a substitute appearance in the Azzurri's opening match against the

All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...

, replacing

Alessandro Zanni Alessandro Zanni (born 31 January 1984 in Udine) is a former Italian rugby union player who has played over 100 times for . His usual position was a number 8, but in national team and Benetton he has played openside flanker, blindside flanker an ...

. He joined Benetton Treviso in June 2010. In March 2014 it was announced that Vosawai would join

for the upcoming 2014/2015 season.

References

External links

Stats at scrum.com

Stats at erc.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vosawai, Manoa 1983 births Italian rugby union players Living people Rugby union number eights Benetton Rugby players Cardiff Rugby players Fijian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Italy international rugby union players Fijian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Italy I-Taukei Fijian people Rugby Club Vannes players People educated at Suva Grammar School