Mosese Volavola (born 6 June 1979 in

Lautoka Lautoka () is the second largest Local government in Fiji, city in Fiji. It is on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Ba Province of the Western Division, Fiji, Western Division. Lying in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane-growing r ...

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 a

an rugby union footballer. He plays as a

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or as a Lock. His nickname is Mo or Moji. Volavola is 6 feet 3 inches (190 cm) tall and weighs 224 pounds (99 kg). He was born in

Lautoka Hospital Lautoka () is the second largest city in Fiji. It is on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Ba Province of the Western Division. Lying in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane-growing region, the city has come to be known as the Su ...

but now lives in

Nadroga Nadroga-Navosa ( Nadroga: Nadrogā-Navoha) is one of the fourteen provinces of Fiji and one of eight based in Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. It is about 2,385 square kilometers and occupies the South-West and Central areas of Viti Levu, Fiji' ...

. He played for the Ravuka Sharks Club in Nadroga and from there he got picked for the Nadroga team to play in the Digicel Cup competition in 2004. He played for the Coastal Stallions in the

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. He had a superb season with Nadroga in 2004 and an outstanding game in the Telecom Fiji Cup final to earn a place in the

team. In the same year he played two test for the Fiji team against the New Zealand Divisional XV's team and even though they lost the first test, they made a comeback in the second test defeating the Divisional XV's team by 61–22. He made his international debut in 2005 against Wales. He made it into the

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team to the IRB World Sevens Series to Dubai and George. He was then handed the captaincy of the

team after former skipper Semisi Naevo was banned for a drinking incident in

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. He is currently playing for Nenagh Ormond in Division Three of the All-Ireland League.

Personal life and career

Volavola is a career police officer, He was based at the

Police Station before migrating to the States in 2020.

Fiji Team

*Test debut: 2005 v Wales in Cardiff *3 caps (5 games)

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1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Lautoka Rugby union players from Ba Province Fijian police officers Fijian rugby union players Rugby union flankers Fiji international rugby union players Fijian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Ireland Fijian expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Rugby union players from Nadroga-Navosa Province I-Taukei Fijian people World Games medalists in rugby sevens World Games gold medalists for Fiji Medalists at the 2005 World Games {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub