Moses Sorovi

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Moses Sorovi
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Full nameMosese Jacob Dujon Kepa Sorovi [1]
Date of birth15 January 1996 (1996-01-15) (age 28)
Place of birth Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb) [2]
School St Peters Lutheran College [2]
Rugby union career
Youth career
–2013 St. Peters Lutheran College
2013–2015 University of Queensland
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2018 University of Queensland ()
2017– Wests ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2019 Brisbane City 33 (11)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–2021 Queensland Reds 40 (10)
2022–2023 Melbourne Rebels 2 (0)
2024– Fijian Drua 0 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013 Queensland Schoolboys
2013 Australian Schoolboys 2 (0)
2016 Queensland U20
2021– Fiji 2 (0)

Mosese Jacob Dujon Kepa Sorovi (born 15 January 1996) is a Fijian Australian professional rugby union player. Currently contracted to the Fijian Drua in the Super Rugby, he began his career with the Queensland Reds and joined the Melbourne Rebels briefly. He has also represented Australia at Schoolboy's level. [3]

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Sorovi is of both Indigenous Fijian and Aboriginal Australian ancestry. [4]

Early life and career

Sorovi was born on Thursday Island on the Torres Strait Islands archipelago in the Far North of the Australian state of Queensland. [3] He was named after his father Mosese Sorovi Sr. whom hailed from Matanuku, Kadavu, Fiji. [5] [6] Sorovi grew up on Yam Island roughly 100km north-west of Thursday Island. Sorovi played rugby league on Yam Island and his idol was Lote Tuqiri [3] [7] and later Will Genia. [7] After moving to Brisbane for a scholarship at St. Peters Lutheran College with his brother, Sorovi began to play rugby union. [8] [2] He played for the schools XV side and was a key player in there 2012 undefeated season. [9] In 2013 Sorovi represented the Queensland Schoolboys and the Australian Schoolboys, [2] [10] and captained the Queensland Indigenous U18s team to a National Indigenous Championship title. [10] [3]

In 2015 Sorovi was recruited by Brisbane City in the National Rugby Championship (NRC) and was maintained as a back-up scrum-half in the team behind Nick Frisby. The team won the 2015 Championship, finishing Minor Premiers and successfully challenging for the Horan-Little Shield.

Super Rugby

Sorovi's first season with Queensland began in 2017, making his debut against the Brumbies. [7]

Sorovi played 7 games in the 2020 Super Rugby AU season, coming off the bench in the Reds' defeat in the final to the Brumbies. [11] After 37 appearances for the Reds, Sorovi departed Queensland at the end of the 2021 Super Rugby season to join the Rebels. [12]

On 15 June 2021, Sorovi was named in the Fiji squad for the matches against New Zealand. [13]

In April 2024 Sorovi joined the Fijian Drua on a short-term contract. [14] [15]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 3 June 2023 [16]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2017 Reds 10130000000
2018 Reds 9363321000500
2019 Reds 144103301000500
2020 Reds 303180000000
2020 AU Reds 4041020000000
2021 AU Reds 303570000000
2021 TT Reds 303670000000
2022 Rebels 202510000000
2023 Rebels 00000000000
Total3973296020001000

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References

  1. ↑ "University of Queensland – Queensland Players" (PDF). uqrugby.com.au. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "St.George Queensland Reds secure Moses Sorovi for another two years". qld.rugby. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pentony, Luke (1 October 2015). "Brisbane City tipping 'X-factor' Moses Sorovi to make an impact in rugby at a higher level". ABC News . Archived from the original on 27 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Greenwood, Emma (27 May 2019). "Hegarty honoured to be indigenous program ambassador". Rugby.com.au . Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Moses Sorovi is the Reds' only indigenous player but Hegarty said all players were excited to wear the jersey designed by Murgon State High School Year 11 student Ayana Murray, a member of the Reds' Generation Next program.
  5. ↑ Nasokia, Waisea (8 September 2018). "City Duo Can't wait". Fiji Sun. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Cabenatabua, Leone (2 March 2022). "Our 3 With The Rebels". Fiji Sun . Sorovi's dad Mosese (Snr) hails from Matanuku, Ravitaki in Kadavu and is a former Australian cruiserweight boxing champion.
  7. 1 2 3 Cabenatabua, Leone (18 June 2021). "Dad hails son's move to join Flying Fijians". Fiji Sun .
  8. ↑ Greenwood, Emma (2 March 2019). "From the Torres Strait to the Reds: Moses Sorovi's journey from rugby league heartland to Super Rugby professional". Rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Queensland Reds scrumhalf Moses Sorovi still draws inspiration from AIC success" . The Courier-Mail . News Corp Australia. 29 April 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Moses Sorovi – Schools Rugby". schoolsrugby.com.au. October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021.
  11. ↑ Doran, Christy (20 September 2020). "Slick Lolesio leads Brumbies to historic Super Rugby AU title over injury-hit Queensland Reds". Archived from the original on 20 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Melbourne Rebels Super Signing Day" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Flying Fijians extended squad announced for All Blacks test matches". Fiji Rugby. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "MOSES SOROVI JOINS FIJIAN DRUA TRAINING CAMP". drua.rugby. 13 April 2024.
  15. ↑ Daucakacaka, Jale (13 April 2024). "Sorovi joins Fijian Drua". Fijian Broadcasting Corporation . Archived from the original on 15 April 2024.
  16. ↑ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
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