Waisake Naholo

Waisake Naholo

Naholo representing New Zealand during the 2015 Rugby World Cup
Full name	Waisake Ratunideuba Naholo
Date of birth	(1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Sigatoka, Fiji
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb)
School	Wanganui City College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Current team New York Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009 Wanganui 11 (30) 2011–2019 Taranaki 44 (110) 2013 Blues 2 (5) 2015–2019 Highlanders 62 (225) 2020 London Irish 4 (10) 2021 Canterbury 8 (15) 2022– New York 6 (10) Correct as of 30 December 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 New Zealand U20 4 (0) 2015–2018 New Zealand 27 (80) 2015 Barbarian F.C. 2 (10) Correct as of 30 December 2022 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2012–2014 New Zealand 9 Correct as of 30 December 2022

Waisake Ratunideuba Naholo (born 8 May 1991 Sigatoka, Fiji) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He previously played for the All Blacks Sevens and on the wing (and occasionally centre) position for London Irish. In May 2022 he signed with Rugby New York, who play in the Major League Rugby competition.

^[1] Naholo made his test debut for the All Blacks in 2015 and was a member of the 2015 Rugby World Cup-winning team.

A former New Zealand under-20 rep, Naholo has played in five Sevens World Series tournaments, and featured in Gordon Tietjens' squad which won the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Naholo earned himself a Blues contract after a superb ITM Cup season in 2012. Starting on the wing, he became a regular try-scoring threat. At provincial level, he began his career with Wanganui before making the switch to Taranaki in 2011.^[2] He was also part of the Highlanders team that won the 2015 Super Rugby title.