Elvis Seveali'i

Elvis Seveali'i
Birth nameElvis Seveali'i
Date of birth (1978-06-20) 20 June 1978 (age 46)
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre/Wing/Fly half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2008
2008-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013		 Wellington
Bath
Ospreys
Sale
London Irish
Bourgoin
Rovigo
7
42
38
79
15
6
(25)
(25)
(20)
(55)
(0)
(0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2000-2007  Samoa 22 (45)

Elvis Lulai Seveali'i (born 20 June 1978 in Wellington, New Zealand)[1] is a retired Samoan rugby union footballer. He played centre and wing and represented Manu Samoa internationally.

He has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team.

Seveali'i has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team. He played for Bath during the 2002–03 English rugby season.[2] He made his Heineken Cup debut on 13 April 2003, scoring twice against the Saracens. At the end of the season he scored a try against London Irish in the dying seconds that literally avoided Bath relegation.[3] He spent the following two seasons with the Neath-Swansea Ospreys. He signed with the Sale Sharks during which he played at centre and won the 2005-06 Guinness Premiership.[4] He has since has moved to the Guinness Premiership side London Irish.[5] In September 2010 he was banned for two weeks for a dangerous tackle.[6] In 2011 he considered leaving London Irish at the end of the season.[7] He subsequently joined Bourgoin in France, before finally playing for Rovigo in Italy. He retired in 2013.

In 2018 he became head coach for California Women's Rugby.[8]

  1. ^ "Elvis Seveali'i Samoa". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Flying with rugby wings". Kapi-Mana News. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Elvis brings Bath back from dead", The Guardian
  4. ^ "Sale 45-20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Seveali'I joins Exiles". Sky Sport. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Exiles rocked by Elvis ban". ESPNScrum. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Elvis Seveali'i considering his options". BerkshireLive. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Introducing Head Coach Elvis Seveali'i!". Cal Women’s Rugby. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2021.