Manu Vunipola (rugby union, born 1967)

Manu Vunipola
Date of birth	1967 (age 56–57)
Place of birth	Kolomotu'a, Tonga
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Feʻao Vunipola (brother); Elisi Vunipola (brother); Mako Vunipola and Billy Vunipola (nephews)
Occupation(s)	Engineer, Minister of Sport of Tonga
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Current team	–
Senior career
Years	Team
1987–1999	Toa-ko-Ma'afu RFC
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1987-1991	ʻEua
International career
Years	Team
1987–1999	Tonga
National sevens team
Years	Team
	Tonga
Coaching career
Years	Team
2012–2014	Tonga

Manu Vunipola (born circa 1967 in Kolomotu'a,^[4]) is a Tongan former rugby union player and former Tonga sevens coach. He played as scrum-half. Currently he is the Minister of Sport of Tonga.^[5]

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Vunipola debuted for Tonga in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing only against Wales, in Palmerston North, on 29 May 1987. He also played the 1995 Rugby World Cup, playing the matches against France and against Scotland, in Pretoria. His last international cap was during the match against Fiji in Nuku'alofa, on 26 June 1999.

He is brother of the fly-half Elisi Vunipola and of the hooker Feʻao Vunipola, both Tongan internationals. He is also the uncle of Feʻao's sons, Billy and Mako Vunipola, both England internationals.^[6]