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| ru_nationalcaps = 1 46 | ru_nationalpoints = | ru_nationalupdate = 10 February 2014 | ru_sevensnationalyears = | ru_sevensnationalteam = | ru_sevensnationalcaps(points) = | ru_sevensupdate = | ru_sevensnationalcomp = }} Vaea Naufahu Anitoni (born September 20, 1970) is a former American rugby player who played wing. Anitoni is the all time leading try scorer for the U.S. national team. == International career == Anitoni played for the United States national team from 1992 to 2000. During that period, Anitoni played in 46 matches, starting 44, and scored 26 tries, a record which still stands today. He made his debut June 13, 1992 against Canada, and scored his first try in his next match for the US on May 21, 1994 against Canada.〔ESPN Scrum, Vaea Anitoni, Test matches, http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/11210.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match〕 Anitoni's peak years for the national team were from 1996–1998, when he scored 22 tries in 28 matches.〔ESPN Scrum, Vaea Anitoni, http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/11210.html?class=1;template=results;type=player〕 Anitoni twice scored 4 tries in a single match - once against Japan in July 1996 and again against Portugal in April 1998.〔ESPN Scrum, Vaea Anitoni, Test matches, http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/11210.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match〕 Anitoni played at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, where he started 3 matches,〔ESPN Scrum, Vaea Anitoni, http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/11210.html〕 and was regarded as a game breaker and a key player for the US national team.〔BBC News, Key player: Vaea Anitoni, Sep. 17, 1999, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/rugby_world_cup/teams/usa/449740.stm〕 Anitoni also played sevens for the U.S. national sevens team. During the mid to late 1990s Anitoni was regarded as one of the most consistent players for the US, due to his ability as a creator with speed.〔Frederick Rugby Football Club, 1999 News Archives, http://www.frederickrugby.org/archives/news_archive_1999.html〕 Anitoni was a member of the preliminary squad for the United States during the 2000 Rugby World Cup Sevens.〔USA Rugby, USA Names Preliminary Squad for RWC7s, http://web.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/viadesto/press/display.pl?releaseId=28〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vaea Anitoni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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