Mosese Nasau Rauluni (born 26 June 1975) is a retired

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 ...

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footballer. He usually plays at scrum half, and played for

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in the

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. He has played for

, including captaining them. He is the younger brother of

Jacob Rauluni Jacob Rauluni (born 25 June 1972) is a former International Rugby Union player who comes from a family of international halfbacks. His father, Taito, played halfback for Fiji, as did his brother Mosese and his first cousin Waisale Serevi, who als ...

and first cousin of

Waisale Serevi Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi (born 20 May 1968) is a Fijian former rugby union football player and coach, and is a member of the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Serevi is renowned for his achievements in rugby sevens, while also enjoying a long car ...

Career

Rauluni was brought up in

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and played his club rugby for Easts from 1995 to 2004. He represented the Australian U-19s in 1993–94. He made his test debut for Fiji on 1 November 1996 in a match against the New Zealand Māori. The following season he was capped another three times for Fiji, playing in test matches against

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, the

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and

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. The following season he played in a Test against the

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. Rauluni returned to the international scene for Fiji in May 1999, playing against the

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and then playing subsequent matches against

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and

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. He was included in Fiji's

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squad, and played in all four pool matches. After the World Cup, he earned another five caps during the subsequent season for Fiji. He played only one test in 2001, on 25 May against

. In 2003 Rauluni played in a match against

and in fixtures against

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and

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. He was selected for Fiji's squad at the

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. He represented Fiji in four matches at the World Cup. In 2004 Rauluni was capped twice for Fiji in games against

and

; these two games were actually 2007 World Cup qualifying matches, and Rauluni skippered Fiji on both occasions. In July of that year he was selected as part of the

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side, which was a touring team composed of the best Fijian, Samoan and Tongan players. The Pacific Islanders played matches against

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and the

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. He was capped nine times during 2005. In May 2006 he re-signed with the Saracens until the 2007/08 season. He was a key to help Fiji to reach the quarterfinal at the 2007 RWC. Some regarded him as the half back of the tournament. Rauluni was forced to retire due to injury in June 2010 and later, later being recruited by

Sam Domoni Samuela Ravanua Domoni Junior (25 December 1968 – 24 July 2021) was a Fijian former rugby union footballer and the former national coach of the Fiji national rugby union team. He played as a lock or flanker. He was and during his playing day ...

, the

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head coach, ahead of the

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, which would see Rauluni coach the backs. In June 2010 he coached the Saracens academy side, with

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, before becoming head coach of

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, an English private school. He returned to Fiji in 2014, joining the new coaching set up under John McKee of which Rauluni and McKee guided Fiji to qualification to the

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. He is now the Defensive and skills coach with the national team."The Vodafone Flying Fijians coaching team"
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