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2023 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship
The 2023 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship was the fifth edition of the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship. The competition was held at Bond University in Gold Coast, Queensland between 26 May and 4 June. The 2023 competition saw teams compete for two spots in World Rugby's inaugural WXV competition that will commence later in the year. The tournament was played in a Round-robin tournament, round-robin format with each team playing three games each. Samoa women's national rugby union team, Samoa won their first Oceania Championship title and confirmed their place for WXV 2, Fiji women's national rugby union team, Fiji as runners-up have qualified for WXV 3. Table Tournament Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Squads Fiji Fijiana's 29-member squad for the Oceania Championship. Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's 31-player squad for the Oceania Championship. Samoa Samoa's 28-player squad for the Oceania Championship. Tonga Tonga's 27-player squad for the Ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bond University
Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its founding on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher education institution featuring a three-semester-per-year timetable. The university is ranked 20th in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings of the Best Small Universities in the World, and has been Australia's top university for the educational experience for 17 consecutive years. Bond comprises four main university schools and academic faculties, through which it offers a range of accelerated undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and programs, diplomas, and non-award programs. History Bond University was established and funded in 1987 by the chairman of the Australian-based Bond Corporation, Mr Alan Bond, and the president of the Japanese-based Electronics and Industrial Enterprises International (EIE), Mr Harunori Takahashi and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitila Tawake
Bitila Tawake (born 2 April 1999) is a Fijian rugby union player. She competed for Fiji at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. She also plays for the Fijiana Drua in the Super W competition. Early life Tawake hails from Mualevu, Vanua Balavu in Lau and has maternal links to Nukuloa, Gau in Lomaiviti. She attended Veiuto Primary and Yat Sen Secondary. She has represented Fiji in basketball. Rugby career 2022 Tawake was named in the Fijiana Drua squad for their first Super W competition. She captained the Drua in their debut match against the Rebels. She also led them against the Waratahs in the Grand Final as they clinched their first title. Tawake was selected for the Fijiana squad for two test matches against Australia and Japan in May. She only featured in the Japan test. Tawake captained the Fijiana's at the 2022 Oceania Championship in New Zealand. She led her side in their record trouncing of Papua New Guinea. She then scored a try in their 34–7 win agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asinate Serevi
Asinate Serevi (born 16 April 1995) is a Fijian rugby union player. Biography Serevi made her debut for the United States women's national rugby union team, United States against Canada women's national rugby union team, Canada at the 2016 Women's Rugby Super Series. She graduated with a degree in Law and Justice from the Central Washington University. She is the daughter of Fiji national rugby sevens team, Fiji Rugby sevens, sevens legend, Waisale Serevi. Serevi featured for the Eagles at the 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series. Serevi was named in the Fiji women's national rugby union team, Fijiana squad for two test matches against Japan women's national rugby union team, Japan and Australia women's national rugby union team, Australia in 2022. In September she played in a warm up match against Canada women's national rugby union team, Canada. She was also named in the Fiji women's national rugby union team, Fijiana squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup. References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji Women's National Rugby Sevens Team
The Fiji women's national rugby sevens team represents Fiji at regional and international sevens tournaments. They have won three Pacific Games gold medals, two Oceania Championships, a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics. They also compete in the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. History Fiji won the gold medal at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia. They qualified for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia where they won the Bowl final. The Fijiana won the 2015 Oceania Women's Sevens in Auckland and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2018, they competed at the Commonwealth Games in Australia and placed fifth overall. Later in July, they participated at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens and finished in 11th place. Fiji also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and went on to win the bronze medal after defeating Great Britain. Tournament history ''A red box around the year indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Naimasi
Ana Maria Naimasi (21 February 1994) is a Fijian Olympic bronze medal-winning rugby union player. Career Naimasi was named in the Fiji squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal at the event. Going in to the tournament Naimasi had scored 21 international tries. Naimasi was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She also competed at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. In September she played in a warm up match against Canada. She was also named in the Fijiana squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup The 2021 Rugby World Cup was the ninth staging of the women's Rugby World Cup, as organised by World Rugby. It was held from 8 October to 12 November 2022 in Auckland and Whangārei, New Zealand. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, .... References External links * 1994 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Fijian rugby sevens players Olympic ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prop (rugby Union)
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16–23. Players are not restricted to a single position, although they generally specialise in just one or two that suit their skills and body types. Players that play multiple positions are called "utility players". Forwards compete for the ball in scrums and line-outs and are generally bigger and stronger than the backs. Props push in the scrums, while the hooker tries to secure the ball for their team by "hooking" it back with their heel. The hooker is also the one who is responsible for throwing the ball in at line-outs, where it is mostly competed for by the locks, who are generally the tallest players on the team. The flankers and number eight are expected to be the first players to arrive at a breakdown and play an important role in se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fijiana Drua
Fijiana Drua are a Fijian rugby union team based in Australia. Rugby Australia announced in February 2022 that they had joined the Super W competition. History The Fijiana Drua would is the first Fijian team to join the Super W competition with support from the Australian Government’s PacificAus Sports program. The Fiji Rugby Union announced that Rooster Chicken were the official sponsors of the Fijiana Drua for the current Super W season. Fijiana Drua won all matches of the 2022 Super W and claimed the title in their historic first season. They defeated the NSW Waratahs 32–26 in the final. In November 2022, the Fijiana Drua confirmed their participation for the 2023 Super W season with two home and three away round-robin matches. Current Squad On 9 February, the squad for the 2022 Super W season was announced. Season standings Coaching staff and management Coaching Staff announced by Fiji Rugby Union: * Head Coach: Senirusi Seruvakula * Assistant Backs Coach: Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adita Milinia
Aditi ( Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' or 'innocence') is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousness, unconsciousness, the past, the future, and fertility. She is the mother of the celestial deities known as the adityas, and is referred to as the mother of many deities. As celestial mother of numerous beings, the synthesis of all things, she is associated with space (''akasha'') and with mystic speech ('' Vāc''). She may be seen as a feminine form of Brahma, and associated with the primal substance (''mulaprakriti'') in the Vedanta. She is mentioned more than 250 times in the '' Rigveda,'' the verses replete with her praise. Family Aditi is the daughter of Daksha and Asikni (Panchajani). The ''Puranas'', such as the '' Shiva Purana'' and the ''Bhagavata Purana'', suggest that Daksha married all of his daughters off to dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Milo
Bella Milo (born 29 May 1986) is a Samoan rugby union player. She competed for Samoa at the 2006 and 2014 Rugby World Cups. She has also represented Samoa in sevens rugby. Biography Milo represented Samoa at the 2006 and 2014 Rugby World Cups. In 2014 she took up her cousin's suggestion to play in Hong Kong and three years later she became the backs and the strength and conditioning coach for Hong Kong. She made her third World Cup appearance in 2017 as Hong Kong's assistant coach. In 2016, Milo featured for the Samoa 7s team at the Olympic repechage tournament in Ireland. In October 2023, she was named in the Manusina Samoa squad for the inaugural WXV 2 tournament in Cape Town, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... References {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masuisuimatama'ali'i Tauaua-Pauaraisa
Masuisuimatamaalii "Sua" Tauaua-Pauaraisa (born 30 October 1987) is a Samoan rugby league and rugby sevens footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership. She is a New Zealand and Samoa representative in rugby league and a Samoa representative in rugby union and sevens. Background Born in Motoʻotua, Samoa, Tauaua-Pauaraisa moved to Auckland when she was 13, where she played rugby union for Tangaroa College. In 2010, she moved to Christchurch. Playing career In Christchurch, Tauaua-Pauaraisa played for Canterbury in the Farah Palmer Cup. In 2016, she began playing rugby league for the Linwood Keas. On 4 June 2018, Tauaua-Pauaraisa was named in the New Zealand train-on squad. On 31 July 2018, she signed with the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters. On 13 October 2018, she made her Test d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji Rugby Union
Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Fiji. It is divided into over 30 provincial unions. The Fiji Rugby Union is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA), along with Samoa and Tonga. There are approximately 80,000 registered players from a total population of around 950,000. National teams International 15s Otherwise known as the "Flying Fijians," the team gained No 9 in the IRB World Rankings after defeating Wales to enter the 2007 Rugby World Cup but slid down No 11 as a result of losses in the 2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup. They sit 8th in the IRB world rankings as of 26 November 2018. International 7s Fiji has won the Rugby World Cup Sevens twice, in 1997 and the 2005. They also play in the World Rugby Sevens Series, an annual circuit of eight tournaments around the world, winning the series in 2006 and ending the six-year reign of New Zealand on that circuit. However, they lost the title to New Zealand in 2007, and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassie Siataga
Cassie is a feminine given name and a short form of various other given names mostly used in English-speaking countries. It is more rarely a surname. People and fictional characters named Cassie include: People with the name Given name or nickname Entertainment * Cassie Davis (born 1986), Australian singer, songwriter and producer * Cassie Gaines (1948–1977), American singer * Cassie Jaye (born 1986), American actress and film director * Cassie Powney (born 1983), British actor * Cassie Ramone (born 1986), American rock guitarist and singer * Cassie Scerbo (born 1990), American actress, singer and dancer * Cassie Steele (born 1989), Canadian actress and singer-songwriter * Cassie Taylor (born 1986), American singer-songwriter and blues musician * Cassie Ventura (born 1986), known mononymously as Cassie, American recording artist, model, actress and dancer * Cassie Yates (born 1951), American actress Sports * Cassie Andrews (cricketer) (1908-1962), Australian cricketer * Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
