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| Born | Lote Raikabula (1983-07-31)31 July 1983 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lote Raikabula (born 31 July 1983 inSuva, Fiji) is aNew Zealandrugby player who has played bothrugby union andrugby sevens. He used to play for theAll Blacks Sevens team in theIRB Sevens World Series and is the Rugby coach forNagato Blue Angels, Japan. He has played more than 60 tournaments since his debut in 2006,[1] playing in 20 tournament-winning teams. He has fiveIRB Sevens World Series medals, aRugby World Cup Sevens title and twoCommonwealth Games gold medals.
Raikabula has playedrugby union for bothHawkes Bay[2] andManawatu[3] in theAir New Zealand Cup.
Raikabula has won five IRB Sevens World Series medals, a Rugby World Cup Sevens title, and two Commonwealth Games gold medals.
He played ten years for the New Zealand sevens team from 2006–2016, retiring from international rugby shortly before the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, at the age of 33. He has two sons with his childhood sweetheart.
In November 2016 he was appointed as the head coach of Rugby atTrinity College Kandy, Sri Lanka.[4] His services as the head coach of Rugby at Trinity College was discontinued effective from 2 June 2018.[5]
He is currently Head Coach of theThailand Men's and Women’s 7s Team along with being Director of Rugby for theunion[6]
