Joeli Vidiri (23 November 1973 – 23 February 2022) was a professional rugby union footballer who played as a wing.
[1] He played for the Auckland Blues in the Super 12 competition and represented Counties Manukau in the NPC.
[3] In 2001 he was diagnosed with a kidney illness and placed on dialysis treatment like his fellow Auckland Blues winger Jonah Lomu.
[4] Vidiri played in the Super 12 for the Auckland Blues from 1996 until 2001, where he scored 43 tries in 61 games, at the time an individual record.
He had a song named after him (Give Me Hope Joeli) that was very popular with the Auckland Blues fans at home games at Eden Park.