Manasa Saulo rugby player
Manasa Saulo rugby player

Manasa Saulo

6th Apr 1989 1.88m/117kg Loosehead Prop

A powerhouse Fijian prop, Saulo broke through into the test team in 2012 and made his debut as a replacement in a 54-12 defeat to England at Twickenham on 10 November 2012

Saulo spent six years working in the Fiji navy. He would spend up to a month at a time at sea, with no distractions other than the gym in the engine room.

His first 10 appearances for his country came as a replacement before he started a test in June, 2014 against Italy in Suva.

At the beginning of 2014, he was working in a sugar cane factory in Fiji until he got his break in professional rugby from Romanian club Timisoara Saracens who are partnered with English Premiership club Saracens.

He was named in Fiji's 2015 Rugby World Cup squad. After the tournament, he signed with RC Toulon before moving to London Irish.

He featured at the 2019 Rugby World Cup for Fiji taking his test cap tally to 46 during the tournament.

A move to French side Agen would follow and in June 2021, he signed up with Rugby Atlanta (ATL) and played in the American Major League Rugby (MLR).

Saulo joined the Fijian Drua for their debut Super Rugby Pacific season in 2022.

Career

toulon_rugby_logo RC Toulon
Loosehead Prop
2015 - 2017
london-irish London Irish
Loosehead Prop
2017 - 2021
Rugby ATL logo Rugby ATL
Loosehead Prop
2021 - 2021
fidji Fiji
Loosehead Prop
2012 - 2022
download Soyaux Angoulême
Number 23
2022 - 2023