| Birth name | Geoffrey Thomas Valli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 November 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nightcaps, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Nightcaps District High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Builder[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Thomas Valli (born 3 November 1954) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Valli represented Southland and North Auckland at a provincial level. He played a single game for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, against Fiji in 1980, for which the New Zealand Rugby Union did not award full international caps.[2]
Valli's brother, Keith, was killed in the Pike River Mine disaster in 2010.[1]
References
- 1 2 Laird, Lindy (26 November 2010). "Northland All Black loses brother in Greymouth tragedy". Northern Advocate. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ Knight, Lindsay. "Geoff Valli". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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