Geoffrey Thomas Valli (born 3 November 1954) is a former New Zealand

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player. A full-back, Valli represented Southland and

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at a provincial level. He played a single game for the New Zealand national side, the

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, against Fiji in 1980, for which the New Zealand Rugby Union did not award full international caps. Valli's brother, Keith, was killed in the Pike River Mine disaster in 2010.

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