Tomasi Soqeta

Tomasi Soqeta

Full name	Tomasi Nagone Soqeta
Date of birth	(1983-08-16) 16 August 1983
Place of birth	Sigatoka, Fiji
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	275 lb (125 kg)
School	Ratu Kadavu Levu (RKS) Fiji , Wesley College, Auckland
University	University of Otago
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8 (6,4,5) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–08 U.R. Capitolina () 2008–10 Suntory Sungoliath () 2010–13 Canon Eagles () 2013–20 Honda Heat () 2020–22 Kamaishi Seawaves () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–07 Taranaki 34 (25) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007 Fiji 4 (0)

Tomasi Nagone Soqeta (born 16 August 1983) is a Fijian former professional rugby union player.

Biography

Soqeta, raised in a small Fijian village in a small outer islands of Fiji, is the older brother of rugby players Nemia and younger brother of Noa Soqeta. All three represent Fiji on international Level. Attended the hardest and famous Boarding School Ratu Kadavu Levu School (RKS) in Fiji .He then attended Wesley College with a full scholarship in New Zealand from age 16 and got awarded Dux in Sports 2 years in a row year 2000&2001 for excellence in Sports and continued his studies with a rugby contract at the University of Otago 2002 to early 2003 got pick up by Taranaki and moved to New Plymouth . From 2004 to 2007, Soqeta represented Taranaki in provincial rugby NPC , after which he left bound for Italy for a year playing in Italy Super10 before moving to Japan to play in the Top League.

International

Soqeta was capped four times for Fiji as a number eight in 2007. He made three appearances at the 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and came on off the bench in a Test against the Wallabies at Subiaco Oval in Perth.

See also

• List of Fiji national rugby union players

External links

• Tomasi Soqeta at ESPNscrum (missing Junior All Blacks match)