Viliame Kikau Nationality: Where was Viliame Kikau born?

Viliame Kikau was born in Nausori, Fiji, and grew up on the island of Bau.

The Fijian professional rugby league footballer, Kikau played rugby union in his youth and later earned placements at Queen Victoria School and Marist Brothers High School in Suva, where he played for their rugby union team and represented the Fiji Secondary Schools side against the Australian Schoolboys.

In 2013, Kikau who never played rugby league was scouted by North Queensland recruiter Adrian Thomson in a schoolboy match and was one of three Fijian players who spent six weeks in Townsville.

Kikau was the only player to sign with the club and joined their Holden Cup team for the 2014 season. At the time Kikau was also being scouted by several French rugby union clubs.

He currently plays as a second-row forward for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, and Fiji at the international level.

In round 2 of the 2022 NRL season, Kikau scored two tries for Penrith in a 20-16 victory over St. George Illawarra.