Unouna Afa Rusivakula (born 22 June 1992) is a Fijian

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player. Rusivakula began playing in Fiji with the Shine On team in the Lautoka Netball Association. She made her international Test debut for Fiji in the 2011 Pacific Netball Series against

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, playing at goal shooter/goal attack. She represented Fiji in the

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and the

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, and had reached 38 international caps by 2015. She played for the Capital Force in Fiji's Digicel Punjas Netball Super League in 2015 and 2016, winning the premiership in 2016; she also played for the Wardens Netball Club in the Suva Netball Association. Outside of sport, Rusivakula trained as a correctional officer. In December 2015, Rusivakula was signed by the

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in the

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as one of their international import players for their 2016 season. She scored 48 points in her first game for the Dragons in February 2016. For 2017, Rusivakula was signed by the new

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franchise in

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's professional

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competition as their import player. She played in thirteen games in the 2017 season, scoring 122 goals with a percentage of 73.05%. However, she was not re-signed for the 2018 season, with the club instead signing English captain

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as their import player. Rusivakula played for Marama Vou, Netball Fiji's representative team, in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rusivakula, Afa Fijian netball players Northern Stars players ANZ Premiership players 1992 births Living people Netball Superleague players Celtic Dragons players Fijian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Fijian expatriate sportspeople in Wales 2011 World Netball Championships players