Twice a Knight for Bulumakaus
DONCASTER signing Junior Bulumakau has warned Championship opponents to expect “double trouble” following his decision to join brother Andrew at Castle Park.
Enticed by the prospect of playing alongside his younger sibling for the first time since their schooldays in Scotland, the 26-year-old soldier is hoping to show Knights’ fans there’s not just one crowd-pleaser in the family but two.
The Fijian-born wing emigrated to Scotland with his family aged 10, and has spent the last two seasons playing under Gregor Townsend at Glasgow.
“I always watch my brother play whenever I get the chance, and from what I have seen Doncaster play a running game,” said the Scotland Sevens international.
“I only wanted to go to another team that plays like Glasgow. I love to have fun on the pitch and play with a smile on my face
“I am blessed to be able to step off both feet, and I can play on both wings and play a bit at full-back.
“When I see space, I try and take the opportunity, and when I don’t see space, I try and find space and do something from nothing.
“I like to keep the defenders guessing and create a situation where they don’t know what I am going to do next.
“Now I’m going to be playing with my little brother (below) for the first time in eight years, and we’re hoping that’ll mean double trouble for the opposition.” A man of the match performance in the annual Army-Navy match in front of 80,000 spectators at Twickenham in 2015 first brought Bulumakau to Glasgow’s attention and enabled the father-of-two to fulfil his dream of becoming a professional rugby player.
“My uncle Apo Satala played professionally for Gloucester so he and my dad, who played Fiji 7s, were real inspirations to me, I looked up to them both,” said Bulumakau, who serves in the famous Black Watch 3rd Battalion.
“My dad told me that if I wanted to travel the world and do things with rugby joining the Army would help achieve those goals.
“Then, when I joined the Army, I played alongside Semesa Rokoduguni who went on to get a contract with Bath. That pushed me harder as it made me believe that being in the Army and playing professional rugby was possible.
“Roko told me after that man-of-the-match performance that people would start to talk about me, and he was right.
“I am blessed with the way things have turned out for me and my family, and now I just want to show the Championship and Doncaster fans what I can do.”