Name Uale Mai Weight 88 kg | Height 1.76 m Role Rugby player | |
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Rugby sbyr spartans perform for uale mai and rugby fans at petco
Uale Mai Vala (born July 20, 1978) is a retired rugby union player who played for the country's national teams, Manu Samoa and Samoa Sevens. He is a former captain of the Samoa Sevens team which represent Samoa internationally in the IRB Sevens World Series. He was at the time of his retirement sevens rugby's most capped player (a record since surpassed by New Zealand's DJ Forbes), and Mai is considered one of the greats in the international sport. Mai has been one of the top points scorers in the IRB World Sevens Series.
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- Rugby sbyr spartans perform for uale mai and rugby fans at petco
- Talebula huge hit on uale mai
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Mai was the first Samoan to be awarded the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year, which he received for the 2005–06 World Sevens Series. The ceremony took place in Glasgow on 26 November 2006.
Mai was awarded Player of the Tournament at the Hong Kong Sevens in 2007. In 2008, he was awarded the Samoan Senior Player of the Year and also received a nomination for the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year. In 2009, Mai took a short break from the Samoa Sevens team but returned in 2010 under new coach Stephen Betham.
Mai is from Vailoa village in Palauli district on the island of Savai'i.
Talebula huge hit on uale mai
Fifteens
He is comfortable at Fly Half and Scrum Half at 15 a side rugby, where he represents Samoa in the Samoa national rugby union team. In 2010, he joined CR El Salvador in Spain's Division de Honor.