Joma Rubuti

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Joma Rubuti
Joma Rubuti 2022.jpg
Date of birth (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 32)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022 Fijiana Drua 6 (5)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–PresentFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 11 (5)

Joma Rubuti (born 9 February 1991) is a Fijian rugby union player.

Biography

Rubuti made her international debut against Papua New Guinea at the 2016 Oceania Championship in Suva. [1]

In 2022, Rubuti was named in the Fijiana Drua squad for Super W. [2] She was a reserve in the Drua's Super W debut match against the Melbourne Rebels. [3] [4] [5] She started against the Queensland Reds in round 2 and featured against the Western Force in round 3 of the Super W. [6] [7] Rubuti also featured against the Waratahs and scored her first Super W try against the Brumbies in the final round. [8] [9] [10] She made the starting line up in the Grand Final against the Waratahs. [11] [12]

Rubuti was selected for the Fijiana squad for two test matches against Australia and Japan in May 2022. [13] [14] She started in the test against the Wallaroos in Australia. [15] She also featured in the test match against Japan. [16]

Rubuti was again named in the Fijiana squad for the 2022 Oceania Championship in New Zealand. [17] [18] She scored a try in Fiji's 152–0 trouncing of Papua New Guinea in the first round of the Oceania competition. [19] [20] [21] She started in the games against Tonga and Samoa. [22] [23] In September she played in a warm up match against Canada. [24] She was also named in the Fijiana squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup. [25]

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