Paulo Nawalu

Paulo Nawalu
Born (1958-10-18) October 18, 1958
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight201 lb (91 kg)
Rugby union career
Position Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1970-1972 Nailili Catholic Mission School
1973-1977 Marist Brothers High School
1978-1980 Corpus Christi Teachers Colts
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1978-1990 St. John's Marist Club
1981-1990 Suva
1990-2000 Hino Motors
2000-2012 Kawagoe Fighters
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983-1989 Fiji 17 (7)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
1992-1995 Japan
Coaching career
Years Team
1981-1989 Cathedral Secondary High School (senior team)
1991-1999 Hino Motors
1992-2001 Japan 7s
2000-2012 Hakuoh University
2002-2013 (Skill Coach) Japan 7s
2015- Karada Factory A.P. Pirates

Paulo Nawalu, spelt also as Paula Nawalu (born October 18, 1959 in Lautoka) is a former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half.

Career

His first international match was against Tonga, at Suva, on June 8, 1983. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup roster, as well of the South Pacific Barbarians during their 1987 tour in South Africa. Later, Nawalu played for the Japan national rugby sevens team, with which he played the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[1] Nawalu was the first Fijian player to play in a Japanese team, when he played for Hino Motors.[2]

Coaching career

He trained the Japan national rugby sevens team during the 1997 and the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Currently, since 2015, he is coaching Karada Factory A.P. Pirates, a Japanese women's rugby sevens team.[3]

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