Jone Railomo
Encyclopedia
Jone Railomo Taginayavusa (born Suva
, 26 February 1981 - Suva
, 8 August 2009) was a Fiji
an rugby union player. He played as a prop.
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.
Suva
Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...
, 26 February 1981 - Suva
Suva
Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...
, 8 August 2009) was a Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
an 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 VichyRacing Club Vichy
Racing Club Vichy is a French semi-professional rugby union team. They currently play at the Fédérale 2.-External links:...
for the 2005/06 season, then for Poitiers
Stade Poitevin Rugby
Stade Poitevin Rugby is a French semi-professional rugby union team based in Poitiers. They currently play in Fédérale 1, the third division of the French rugby pyramid and the highest outside of the professional leagues....
for 2006/07, returning to Racing Club Vichy
Racing Club Vichy
Racing Club Vichy is a French semi-professional rugby union team. They currently play at the Fédérale 2.-External links:...
for 2007/08. He was then assigned for Poitiers
Stade Poitevin Rugby
Stade Poitevin Rugby is a French semi-professional rugby union team based in Poitiers. They currently play in Fédérale 1, the third division of the French rugby pyramid and the highest outside of the professional leagues....
, for the 2008/09 season.
He gained his first cap for Fiji
Fiji national rugby union team
The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...
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
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
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
South Africa national rugby union team
The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...
.
Railomo earned four more caps since then, holding 10 caps for his national side.