Waisea Nayacalevu Vuidravuwalu (born 26 June 1990) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays wing for Fiji and

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in the

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Career

Waisea, along with his brother, Avenisi Vasuinubu both played for Melbourne Rugby in the Victoria Rugby Championships. The brothers decided to join the Uprising team in the Uprising 7's tournament held in Fiji in 2012. They played so well that both brothers were selected to join the Fiji 7's team for the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series.New 7s reps
/ref> Waisea was one of the stand-out performers that season scoring 25 tries that season equal with another rising star, Metuisela Talebula. He was selected in the Fiji 15's team for the 2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup. He made his debut for Fiji against Japan on the right wing and scored a try as well. He scored a try against

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two weeks later. He was signed on by French side Stade Français after his performance in the PNC and he made his debut against Montpellier in August 2012. He has played 18 games since joining the side scoring 7 tries. In May 2013, he returned to Fiji to try to win his place back to represent the Fiji 7's team at the

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. Since 2021, he has been sharing the captaincy duties for the

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with Levani Botia and Semi Radradra being one of the most experienced and standout players in the team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nayacalevu, Waisea 1990 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Fiji international rugby union players Fijian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Rugby union centres Rugby union wings Fijian expatriate sportspeople in France Stade Français players RC Toulonnais players People from Navua I-Taukei Fijian people