Sefanaia Naivalu

Sefanaia Naivalu (born 7 January 1992), known simply as Sefa, is an Australian rugby union professional player who currently plays as a centre or wing for US Carcassonne in the French third tier, the Championnat Fédéral Nationale. He also represented Melbourne Rising in the inaugural National Rugby Championship. He has a 100 metre recorded time of 10.5seconds in 2011.

Career

Naivalu started out his rugby career with the Ovalau Rugby Club in his native Fiji before moving to Australia at the beginning of 2014 with the Rugby Plus Program. He joined the Box Hill Broncos who play in the local Dewar Shield in Victoria and made an immediate impact by becoming the leading try and point scorer in the competition which in turn saw his side reach the tournament's Grand Final. were enough to convince local Super Rugby franchise the Melbourne Rebels of his worth and he made history by becoming the first Rebel ever to be signed directly from a Dewar Shield side.

Super Rugby statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2015 13 8 5 561 4 0 0 0 20 1 0 2016 10 9 1 707 6 0 0 0 30 0 0 2017 9 9 0 702 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2018 14 8 6 641 5 0 0 0 25 0 0Total 46 34 12 2611 16 0 0 0 80 1 0