Jone Kubu
Date of birth | circa 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Navatuvula,[1] Naitasiri, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 168 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jone Kubu (born Naitasiri, circa 1961) is a Fijian former rugby union footballer, he played as a fullback.[2] His nephew is Marika Kubu, who plays for Sila Central High School.[3]
Career
[edit]He was capped for Fiji in 1985, during a match against Wales, at Cardiff, on 9 November. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup Fijian squad, playing three matches in the tournament. His last international cap was against England, in Suva, on 16 June 1988. After the 1987 Rugby World Cup, Kubu was recruited for the Australian club Eastern Suburbs RUFC, where he played for 13 years.[4]