Roela Radiniyavuni

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Roela Radiniyavuni
Personal information
Born (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 31)
Suva, Fiji
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Fiji 1 1 0 0 4
As of 14 November 2020
Source: RLP
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Medals
Representing  Fiji
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team competition

Roela Radiniyavuni (born 7 April 1990) is a Fijian rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a winger, Radiniyavuni has represented Fiji in rugby league, rugby union and rugby sevens.

Background[]

Born in Suva, Radiniyavuni represented Fiji in rugby union and rugby sevens before switching to rugby league in 2019.[1]

Playing career[]

In 2019, Radiniyavuni relocated to Auckland, New Zealand and began playing rugby league for the Richmond Roses.[2] On 22 June 2019, she represented Fiji, starting on the wing and scoring a try in a 28–0 win over Papua New Guinea.[3]

In July 2019, she represented the Akarana Falcons at the NZRL Women's National Tournament.[4] On 10 July 2019, Radiniyavuni joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[5][6]

In Round 2 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Radiniyavuni made her debut for the Warriors in a 6–26 loss to the St George Illawarra Dragons.[7]

In November 2019, Radiniyavuni returned to rugby sevens, rejoining the Fijian national team.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Women's Rugby The Big Winner As Brumbies Women Fall To Fiji". ACT Brumbies. 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Two Fijian girls land NRLW contracts with Warriors". FBC News. 10 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Eloise Vunakece selected for Fiji Bulikula Women's Test Team". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 17 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Warriors on show at nationals". NZ Warriors. 26 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Hireme's signing huge coup". NZ Warriors. 10 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Meet the players: 2019 NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 26 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Radiniyavuni and Reid to debut". NZ Warriors. 17 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Bulikula star Radiniyavuni back in Fijiana 7s". FBC News. 27 November 2019.

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