Isaiah Punivai

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| fullname = Isaiah Punivai

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lower Hutt, New Zealand

| height = {{convert|189|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|99|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| school = Christ's College

| university = Lincoln University{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

| relatives = Ngane Punivai (brother)

| occupation = Professional rugby union player

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| position = Centre / Wing

| currentclub = Suntory Sungoliath

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| years1 = 2020–2023

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Canterbury}}

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| points1 = 10

| years2 = 2023-

| clubs2 = Tokyo Sungoliath

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Isaiah Punivai (born 1 December 2000, in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for {{Rut|Canterbury}} in the Mitre 10 Cup,{{cite web|url=https://www.provincial.rugby/news/mitre-10-cup-preview-canterbury-2020/|title=Mitre 10 Cup Preview: Canterbury 2020|work=Mitre 10 Cup|date=4 September 2020|access-date=9 September 2020}} and for the {{Rut|Crusaders}} in Super Rugby.{{cite web|url=https://crusaders.co.nz/news/1495-four-players-promoted-from-crusaders-academy-as-scott-robertson-names-2021-crusaders-squad|title=Four players promoted from Crusaders Academy as Scott Robertson names 2021 Crusaders squad|publisher=crusaders.co.nz|date=3 December 2020|access-date=28 December 2020}} His preferred playing position is centre, wing or fullback. After moving from Lower Hutt to Christchurch, Punivai attended Prebbleton Primary School and Christ's College in Christchurch, until he was bought by Saint Kentigern College's 1st XV in Auckland for his last year of schooling.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/105624157/schoolboy-star-isaiah-punivai-commits-to-crusaders-academy-despite-move-to-auckland|title=Schoolboy star Isaiah Punivai commits to Crusaders academy despite move to Auckland|publisher=stuff.co.nz|date=20 July 2018|access-date=17 January 2021}} He signed for the Canterbury squad in 2020, and was named in the Crusaders squad for the 2021 season the same year.