Merewai Cumu

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Merewai Cumu
Date of birth (1997-08-31) August 31, 1997 (age 26)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
Fiji

Merewai Cumu (born August 31, 1997) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. She competed for Fiji in rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

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Rugby career

Cumu represented Fiji in sevens at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa. [1] She was a member of the Fiji women's national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2] [3]

On 20 May 2023, she was named in the Fijiana fifteens 23-member squad that faced the Wallaroos at the Allianz Stadium. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Birch, John (2015-09-04). "Rugby debuts at C'wealth Youth Games". scrumqueens.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  2. "CUMU Merewai". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  3. Birch, John (2016-07-16). "Fijiana and Kenyan Rio squads" . Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  4. Tinaivugona, Nina (2023-05-19). "Vodafone Fijiana 15's squad named for Wallaroos test match". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  5. Williamson, Nathan (2023-05-20). "Wallaroos send off Parry in style with Fijiana victory". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2023-05-20.