Joeli Vidiri (born 23 November 1973 in Nausori, Naitasiri, Fiji) is a retired Fijian rugby union footballer who also played for the All Blacks. He played as a wing.
Vidiri studied at Queen Victoria School (Fiji). He represented Fiji in both 15s and sevens before coming to New Zealand in 1994. He played for the Auckland Blues in the Super 12 competition and represented Counties Manukau in the NPC. He only managed to play two tests for New Zealand ...
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Joeli Vidiri (born 23 November 1973 in Nausori, Naitasiri, Fiji) is a retired Fijian rugby union footballer who also played for the All Blacks. He played as a wing.
Vidiri studied at Queen Victoria School (Fiji). He represented Fiji in both 15s and sevens before coming to New Zealand in 1994. He played for the Auckland Blues in the Super 12 competition and represented Counties Manukau in the NPC. He only managed to play two tests for New Zealand before he was diagnosed with a kidney illness and placed on dialysis treatment like his fellow Auckland Blues winger Jonah Lomu.
Vidiri played in the Super 12 for the Auckland Blues from 1996 until 2001, where he scored 43 tries in 61 games, at the time an individual record. In 2000 Joeli equalled the record for most tries scored in one match scoring 4 against the Bulls. He had a song named after him (Give Me Hope Joeli) that was very popular with the Auckland Blues fans at home games at Eden Park. He appeared in only five Super 12 matches in...
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