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Va'apu'u Vitale
Date of birth (1970-12-04) 4 December 1970 (age 53)
Place of birthApia, Samoa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
???? Vaiala ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1994–1995 Samoa5 (0)

Faletoa Va'apu'u Vitale (born 4 December 1970 in Apia), also known as Va'a Vitale, is a Samoan rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.

Career[edit]

At club level, Vitale played for the Samoan club Vaiala. His first international cap was during a match against Wales, at Moamoa, on 25 June 1994, being capped five times. He was also part of the 1995 Rugby World Cup roster, although never playing any match. His last international cap was against Tonga, at Nuku'alofa, on 8 July 1995. He was also part of the winning 1992 Middlesex Sevens Western Samoa squad.[1]

Coaching career[edit]

In 2005, he was a member of the coaching staff of the Samoa U21 national team at the World Cup,[2] in 2011 he headed the U21 national team.[3] In 2015, he was the coach of the Tangaroa secondary school team at the Auckland Blues rugby tens invitational tournament.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Currently, he resides in Auckland, New Zealand.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Western Samoa disaster tour of 1992". World Rugby Museum. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  • ^ "FORZA AZZURRINI - forum.rugby.it". rugby.it. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  • ^ "Tumau pea le talita i le Togoa'asa". Samoa Times: Samoan Community Newspaper. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  • ^ "2015 BLUES INVITATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS 10'S TOURNAMENT" (PDF).
  • ^ "vitaleroots".
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