Chris Vui

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Chris Vui

Full name	Christopher Fatu Vui
Born	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 33) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb)
School	Massey High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker Current team Bristol Bears Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2015 Blues 2 (0) 2015−2016 North Harbour 20 (10) 2016–2017 Worcester Warriors 8 (0) 2017– Bristol Bears 118 (50) Correct as of 28 August 2023 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013 New Zealand U20 4 (0) 2016– Samoa 27 (5) Correct as of 28 August 2023

Christopher Fatu Vui (born 11 February 1993) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Premiership Rugby club Bristol Bears. Born in New Zealand, he represents Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.

Club career

During the 2015 Super Rugby season he made 2 appearances for the Auckland-based Blues franchise.

Vui played for Worcester Warriors. He moved to Bristol ahead of the 2017/18 season.

In April 2025, Vui was issued with a four-year ban by World Rugby backdated to September 2023 for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for nandrolone, although this decision was not publicly known until July 2026 when his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was announced as unsuccessful. The ban explained Vui's absence from professional rugby as the ruling revealed he had been under a provisional suspension due to the failed test since September 2023.

International career

He represented New Zealand Under 20 in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France.

He earned his first cap for Samoa during the 2016 November internationals. Vui became the youngest captain in World Rugby when he skippered Samoa in 2017.

References

External links

• Chris Vui at European Professional Club Rugby
• Chris Vui at Premiership Rugby (archived)
• Chris Vui at ESPNscrum (archived)
• Chris Vui at ItsRugby.fr (in French)
• Chris Vui at All.Rugby
• Chris Vui at RugbyDatabase.co.nz