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Napolioni Vonowale Nalaga (born 7 April 1986 in Sigatoka Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing and Centre. He is nicknamed Napoleon
Nalaga is is 6 feet 3 inches (190cm) tall and weighs 220 pounds (104.3kg). He first played as a wing for the Fiji Under 19 team to the Under 19 Rugby World Championship where he notched 7 tries in 3 games for the Fiji team. He also helped his Nadroga team win the U21 competition in the Sanyo Cup for 2 years in a row. He was later selected to play for the Fiji U21 team to the 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship in France where Fiji finished 9th overall. He played as a Centre in the tournament. He also made his mark for the Nadroga senior team playing in the Sanyo Cup and the Farebrother Sullivan cup. He was selected into the Fiji sevens team by the then coach Waisale Serevi who was impressed with the youngster for the first leg of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series after which he was given a contract to play for the ASM Clermont Auvergne in the 2007/2008 season alongside other fijians, Vilimoni Delasau and Seremaia Bai where he is now the leading try-scorer in the competition with 11 tries.
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