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Waisake Ratunideuba Naholo (born 8 May 1991 Sigatoka, Fiji) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the wing (and occasionally centre) position for the Dunedin based Super Rugby franchise the Highlanders,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Waisake Naholo Blues Profile )〕 and for New Zealand's rugby sevens international side the All Blacks Sevens. He was a key member of 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team. A former New Zealand under-20 rep, Naholo has played in 5 Sevens World Series tournaments, and featured in Gordon Tietjens squad to take part at 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Waisake Naholo Taranaki Profile )〕 ==Domestic career== At just 18 Naholo was playing provincial rugby, playing the 2009 Heartland Championship with Wanganui, he was contracted and appeared in eleven matches and recorded six tries while still at school. In 2011, Naholo moved north to Taranaki. He made his debut for the side, when he started on the wing against Wellington in week one of the competition. He played mainly on the wing throughout the season, featuring in five matches with the only one game coming off the bench. He also became a member of the Hurricanes wider training group for 2012. In 2012, Naholo continued to be a key contributor for Taranaki, playing the season's first two Ranfurly Shield matches against King Country and Wanganui. He played his second consecutive ITM Cup season for Taranaki. Naholo started the season scoring a solo try taking the ball from a line-out on half way and easily beating Bay of Plenty defenders to score untouched.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Waisake Naholo scores a brilliant try in Taranaki's win over Bay of Plenty 37–22 )〕 He ended the season with a total of eight matches and five tries, enough to earn him a Super Rugby contract with the Blues. After an impressive showing in the ITM Cup, Naholo earned his first Super Rugby start in the Blues 21–28 loss to the Bulls in Round 4 of the 2013 Super Rugby season. He had the only one appearance after against the Highlanders finishing with a try. In February 2015, he signed a 2-year contract with French Top 14 club, ASM Clermont Auvergne. He was to join the club at the end of the 2015 ITM Cup but decided to pull out of the contract after a good super rugby season as he was now in contention for an All Black spot and he was subsequently released by Clermont. 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「Waisake Naholo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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