Navitalai Senilagakali (1952–2006) was a
Fijian rugby union footballer. He played as a
Fly Half and represented
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 ...
. He was renowned for kicking a penalty resulting in the ball flying above the goal post gaining them 3 points. That same ball flew above the spectators, above the stadium in
Argentina and also above the soldiers on guard on top of the
Ferrocarril Oeste
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, Buenos Aires Stadium.
Senilagakali had 32 caps for Fiji, scoring 20 tries, 80 points in aggregate. His first cap came on the 24 May 1980, in a 9-22 loss to
Australia
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, and his final match was on 9 November 1985, in a 3-40 loss to
Wales.
In 1994 he retired following a
shoulder dislocation while playing for the Lautoka in the
Benson & Hedges Cup
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It was the third major one-day competition established in Englan ...
back in his homeland.
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1952 births
2006 deaths
Fiji international rugby union players
Sportspeople from Lautoka
Rugby union players from Ba Province
I-Taukei Fijian people