Chris Vui
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| Full name | Christopher Fatu Vui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 February 1993 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Massey High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher Fatu Vui (born 11 February 1993) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Premiership Rugby club Bristol Bears. Born in New Zealand, he represents Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Club career
[edit | edit source]During the 2015 Super Rugby season he made 2 appearances for the Auckland-based Blues franchise.[1]
Vui played for Worcester Warriors. He moved to Bristol ahead of the 2017/18 season.
International career
[edit | edit source]He represented New Zealand Under 20 in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France.[2]
He earned his first cap for Samoa during the 2016 November internationals. Vui became the youngest captain in World Rugby when he skippered Samoa in 2017.
References
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Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- North Harbour rugby union players
- Blues (Super Rugby) players
- People educated at Massey High School
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Worcester Warriors players
- Bristol Bears players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players