Date of birth | 27 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Sigatoka Valley High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rusiate Nasove (born 27 October 1995) is a Fijian rugby union player, currently playing for the Italian United Rugby Championship team Zebre Parma. His preferred position is flanker. [1] [2]
Naove was named in the Drua squad for the 2022 and 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. [3] [4] [5] He had previously represented the Drua in the 2019 National Rugby Championship. [6] In October 2023 he signed for Italian Serie A Elite team Valorugby Emilia. [7] Nasove signed for Zebre Parma in October 2024 ahead of the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship. He made his debut in Round 7 of United Rugby Championship in the 2024–25 season against the Ospreys . [8]
On 6 June 2022, he was named in the Fiji squad for the 2022 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup. [9]
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