Victor Vito (rugby player)
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| Full name | Victor Vasefanua Junior Vito | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Scots College, Wellington | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Number 8, Blindside Flanker | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand No. | 1103 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2016− | La Rochelle | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006–15 | Wellington | 62 | (50) |
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Correct as of 23 October 2015
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2009–16 | Hurricanes | 100 | (60) |
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Correct as of 6 August 2016
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2010–15 | New Zealand | 33 | (20) |
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Correct as of 31 October 2015
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Victor Vasefanua Junior Vito (born 27 March 1987) is a New Zealand rugby player and former All Black who currently plays blindside flanker for French-Based team La Rochelle. He was a star of New Zealand Sevens, and captained the 2006 New Zealand Under 19 Rugby team. Also in 2006 Vito was nominated for the IRB Under 19 Player of the Year Award. He is a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams, becoming one of only twenty dual Rugby Union World Cup winners.
Vito attended the Wellington private school, Scots College, where he played for the 1st XV and was a boarder, as well as part of Uttley House.
Vito plays club rugby for the Marist St Pats Club in Wellington, and was a prominent player in the 2009 Wellington Lions. In 2010 he started for the Hurricanes Super 14 team and was named in the All Blacks extended squad for the first tests of the year.
During an interview with the ZM FM Morning Crew, Vito described his new position in the All Blacks as "a really really awesome promotion."
Vito was a colour commentator for Sky Network Television at the 2010 Wellington Sevens. During the tournament he revealed he was a fan of NFL side Tampa Bay Buccaneers and regarded Ronde Barber as a personal idol of his.
In 2010, he was bestowed the matai title of Leaupepetele in the village of Fasito'outa. Vito was in the All Blacks camp, preparing for his test debut off the bench against Ireland, when his mother Luma'ava Leaupepe-Timoteo returned to their village in Samoa to accept the passing of the title.
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