Paulo Nawalu, spelt also as ''Paula Nawalu'' (born October 18, 1959 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 ...

) is a former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half.

Career

His first international match was against Tonga, at Suva, on June 8, 1983. He was also part of the

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roster, as well of the South Pacific Barbarians during their 1987 tour in South Africa. Later, Nawalu played for the Japan national rugby sevens team, with which he played the

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. Nawalu was the first Fijian player to play in a Japanese team, when he played for

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Coaching career

He trained the Japan national rugby sevens team during the

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and the

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. Currently, since 2015, he is coaching Karada Factory A.P. Pirates, a Japanese women's rugby sevens team.A.P.パイレーツ
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