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PECELI YATO

Age 26 (17 Jan 1993)

Born Sigatoka, Fiji

Club Clermont

Position Back-row

Height 6ft 5in

Weight 18st 1lb

Fiji caps 13 (5T)

Twitter @Peceli_Yato

WITH A year still to go on Peceli Yato’s contract, and the player himself saying “I really want to stay – it’s like home”, it wasn’t exactly panic stations for Clermont. But when the back-row recently signed a new deal with the club until 2023, the rest of the Top 14 must have had to pardon their French.

Quite simply, the Fijian

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