Samuela Ravanua Domoni Junior (25 December 1968 – 24 July 2021) was a Fijian former

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footballer and the former national coach of the Fiji national rugby union team. He played as a

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or flanker. He was and during his playing days weighed . He played Super Rugby for

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. He also played for English clubs,

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and Saracens. He played for Fiji 6 times between 1990 and 1991 and was part of the Fiji team to the

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. He made his test debut for Fiji in December 1990, against

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. After retiring from rugby, he coached the Combined Penrith and Zion Lions between 1999 and 2000. Between 2002–03, he coached The Entrance rugby club based in New South Wales. He was appointed the skills and assistant coach for the Manly Rugby club in 2004 before joining the Penrith 7's rugby club in 2005. He was appointed the Fiji head coach in 2010 after his predecessor,

Ilivasi Tabua Ilivasi Sevia Tabua Tamanivalu (born 30 September 1964 in Naivicula) is a Fijian former rugby union footballer who played at international level for both Fiji and Australia as a flanker. He was nicknamed The Human Skewer. He also coached Fiji ...

was fired. After a dismal 2011 RWC, he was fired and replaced by assistant coach, Inoke Male as head coach. Domoni died on 24 July 2021, at the age of 52, from Covid-19 during the

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Scrum Profile

Fiji Rugby profile

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