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| Birth name | Josh Drauniniu | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1985-08-17) August 17, 1985 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Josh Drauniniu (born 17 August 1985) is a rugby union footballer who currently plays as a winger for the London Welsh in the RFU Championship.
Josh joined the Royal Navy in 2003 at the age of 17 and saw active service in the Gulf in 2005. Upon joining the Navy, Josh was soon introduced to rugby union, having played rugby league and football at school in Fiji, and he made his debut in the annual Army v Navy match at Twickenham in 2004.
Three years later he was signed by Exeter Chiefs, where his pace on the wing caught the eye of the England Sevens selectors.
England beat New Zealand 21-19 to secure a meeting with South Africa in the final. He failed the final hurdle, but his performances were enough to earn him a place in the England squad for the 2009 Sevens World Cup in Dubai, though England would go out to Samoa in the quarter-finals.
Despite his England Sevens commitment, Josh was still named in Rugby Times' National League One Team of the Season for 2008/09, having scored 16 tries.
In his first season for Exeter Chiefs he had raced in for 22 tries, and it was that try scoring form that tempted Harlequins to bring him to the Guinness Premiership.
His first start for Quins came in a 9-9 draw with London Irish at the Stoop in October 2009, but the highlight of his time at the club would come against the Northampton Saints at Franklin's Gardens three weeks later when he scored two tries as a second-half replacement in a 27-16 defeat. He made one Heineken Cup appearance, as a replacement against the Cardiff Blues at The Stoop, and was named on the bench for last years A League final against Leicester Development at Welford Road, which the home side won 29-27.
In February 2010 he made his way back into Ben Ryan's England Sevens team for the Adelaide and Hong Kong legs of the IRB World Series.
Josh is known as an attacking winger with a dangerous side step, and his talents have not gone unnoticed by rival clubs. He signed for the Worcester Warriors for their first season back in the Aviva Premiership
On 22 May 2015, Drauniniu resigned with London Welsh back in the RFU Championship from the 2015-16 season.
References
- "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Worcester Warriors". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- Josh: This is the best moment of my career
- 2008/2009 National League One team of the season
- BBC - Worcester sign Josh Drauniniu
- "London Welsh Worcester Warriors winger Josh Drauniniu". Premiership Rugby. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2016.