Makarita Baleinadogo

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Makarita Baleinadogo
Date of birth (2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Tailevu Province, Fiji
Notable relative(s) Dan Baleinadogo (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row, Prop
Current team Stade Bordelais  [ fr ]
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2016 AS Mâcon ()
2015–2018 CS Annonay ()
2018–2020 FC Grenoble Amazones  [ fr ] ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020–2024 FC Grenoble Amazones  [ fr ] ()
2024– Stade Bordelais  [ fr ] ()

Makarita Baleinadogo, (born 9 February 2002) in Tailevu Province, Fiji, is a Fijian born French rugby union player who can play in the back row or at prop. She plays for Stade Bordelais  [ fr ], and won the Élite 1 in 2025 with the club.

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Early life and career

She was born in 2002 in the province of Tailevu Province, Fiji. [1] Her father, Daniele Baleinadogo, is a former Fijian international rugby union player. [2] She moved to France in 2010 and began playing rugby in 2015 at AS Mâcon, where her father played, she then played for CS Annonay. [1]

Rugby career

In 2018, she joined FC Grenoble Amazones  [ fr ]. In both 2019 and 2020, she was selected for the French national team's training squad for players that are under 18 years. [1]

She moved to Stade Bordelais  [ fr ] in 2024 and won the 2024–25 Élite 1 with the team. [3] In June 2025, she was selected for the French Under-20 team to play in the Six Nations Summer Series in Wales. [4]

In August 2025 she was named in the French squad for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup by head coaches Gaëlle Mignot & David Ortiz  [ fr ]. [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "World Cup spot in French Rugby". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 3 August 2025 via PressReader.
  2. "Rugby (Élite 1 féminine) : trois recrues et trois départs chez les Lionnes du Stade Bordelais" [Rugby (Élite 1 féminine): three new recruits and three departures for the Lionnes du Stade Bordelais]. SudOuest (in French). 25 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. "Annonay. Rugby : Makarita Baleinadogo, championne avec Bordeaux en Élite 1, sur les pas de son père Dan" [Rugby: Makarita Baleinadogo, champion with Bordeaux in Elite 1, following in the footsteps of her father Dan]. www.ledauphine.com (in French). 10 June 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  4. "Le groupe du XV de France U20 féminin pour le Summer Series officialisé" [France Women's U20 XV – The Bleuettes squad for the Summer Series in Wales has been confirmed]. rugbyrama.fr (in French). 19 June 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  5. "XV de France féminin : Le groupe pour la Coupe du monde" [French women's XV: The squad for the World Cup]. Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). 2 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  6. "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.