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Rugby player
Jone Railomo
Railomo at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
Birth nameJone Railomo Taginayavusa
Date of birth(1981-02-26)26 February 1981
Place of birthSuva, Fiji
Date of deathAugust 8, 2009(2009-08-08) (aged 28)
Place of deathCWM Hospital, Suva
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight127 kg (20 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)

2004 - 2004
2005 - 2006
2006 - 2007
2007 - 2008
2008 - 2009
2009		 Piteia
Stallions
Vichy
Poitiers
Vichy
Poitiers
Ovalau		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005 - 2008 Fiji 10 (0)

Jone Railomo Taginayavusa (26 February 1981 in Suva – 8 August 2009) was a Fijian rugby union player. He played as a prop.

Career

Railomo played in Fiji for Piteia. He moved to France, where he played for Racing Club Vichy for the 2005/06 season, then for Poitiers for 2006/07, returning to Racing Club Vichy for 2007/08. He was then assigned for Poitiers, for the 2008/09 season.

He gained his first cap for Fiji shorter after moving to France, on 10 June 2005, in the heavy loss to the All Blacks by 91-0. He then was inactive for a year due to injury. He was capped again after being selected for the Fijian squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, playing all the five matches in the successful campaign of his country. Fiji's World Cup run finished in the quarter-finals in a 37-20 loss to South Africa.

Railomo earned four more caps since then, holding 10 caps for his national side.

Death

Railomo died in the early hours of 8 August 2009 after being hospitalized a few days earlier because of a sickness. He was 28.

References

  1. "Fiji rugby losses prop". FijiTimes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

External links

Fiji squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
Backs
Coach: Tabua
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