Severo Koroduadua Waqanibau () (born 22 December 1960 in
Kadavu Kadavu may refer to:
* Kadavu Island, the fourth largest island in Fiji
* Kadavu Group, an archipelago in Fiji including Kadavu Island
* Kadavu Province, a province of Fiji including Kadavu Group
* Kadavu Airport or Vunisea Airport, an airport on K ...
) is a Fijian former
rugby union footballer, he played as a
fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to:
Sports
* A position in various kinds of football, including:
** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...
. His nickname is ''Superboot'', because of his goal kicking prowess.
Playing career
He studied at St. John's College in Cawaci, on the island of
Ovalau. He has played for the Suva province team and for the Fiji Police Rugby Club.
His first international match was against the Scotland XV at Murrayfield, on September 25, 1982. He was part of the
1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two quarter-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 ...
, where he played 4 matches and of the
1991 Rugby World Cup
The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship. This was ...
rosters, where he played two matches.
In 1987, Koroduadua and his team reached the quarter-finals: in the quarter-final against
France, he was marked with a minus sign, as during the match he dropped the ball while he was at the very line of the French try zone, missing the opportunity to score a try and take his team to the Rugby World Cup semi-final.
In 1991, with the Fijian team, he was no longer able to pass the pool stage, losing all three matches. His last international cap was during the World Cup match on 8 October 1991 against
France in
Grenoble. He played 27 games in total, scored 268 points (56 conversions and 47 penalties).
He retired from his player career in 1994.
After career
Currently, he works as a policeman in
Navua. In 2020, along with other 32 citizens, Koroduadua was awarded with a medal for Fiji’s 50th independence anniversary.
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Living people
Fijian rugby union players
1960 births
People from Kadavu Province
Fiji international rugby union players
Rugby union fullbacks
I-Taukei Fijian people
1987 Rugby World Cup players
1991 Rugby World Cup players