Rebecca Tavo

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Rebecca Tavo
Personal information
Born (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983 (age 42)
Port Hedland, Western Australia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Sport
Sport Touch
Team Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Forward
National sevens teams
YearsTeamComps
2008–2013 Australia 7s
2015–2016 Fiji 7s
Rugby league career
Playing information
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2002 Australia

Rebecca Tavo (born 23 March 1983) is a former Australian triple international. She has represented Australia in rugby league, rugby sevens and touch. She has captained the Australian women's sevens team. [1] She competed for Australia at the 2009 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. [2] She also represented Fiji at the Rio Olympics. [3] [4]

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Biography

Tavo was part of the Champion Australian Women's Touch team at the 2011 Touch World Cup in Scotland. [5] In 2006, she became BHP Billiton's first female train driver. [6] She is also the first Rotuman female to play rugby internationally. [7]

In 2015, she changed allegiance and played for the Fijiana team in the Oceania 7's helping them to win the tournament as well as qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [8] [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "New Australia Captain, Rebecca Tavo working hard on and off the field". UR7s.com. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Australia well placed to defend World Cup". ESPN Scrum. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 Bola-Bari, Vuniwaqa (16 November 2015). "Road to Rio". Fiji Times . Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 Ratulevu, Pate (16 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Fiji Sevens Teams Announced". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Australian Rugby Union (2012). "2012 Meet the Ambassadors". Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Greg Growden (13 March 2009). "Driven Tavo makes tracks to training". Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rotuman Sports".
  8. ↑ Mannan, Justine (7 November 2015). "Tavo: Team Can Do Awesome Things". Fiji Sun.com.fj. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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