Rusiate Nasove

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Rusiate Nasove
Date of birth (1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)
School Sigatoka Valley High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Zebre Parma
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019−2023 Fijian Drua 11 (5)
2023−2024 Valorugby Emilia 6 (0)
2024− Zebre Parma ()
Correct as of 10 February 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022 Fiji 3 (0)

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]

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Professional career

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]

On 6 June 2022, he was named in the Fiji squad for the 2022 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup. [8]

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References

  1. "Rusiate Nasove". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. "LE ZEBRE INGAGGIANO IL NAZIONALE FIGIANO RUSIATE NASOVE" (in Italian). Zebre Parma. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. @Fijian_Drua (21 November 2021). "Bula! Vinaka (thank you) @SuperRugbyNZ! We love it here" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2021 via Twitter.
  4. "Australian and Fijian Drua squads revealed for 2022 Super Rugby Pacific". Rugby Pass. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  5. "2023 SQUAD". Drua Rugby. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  6. "Seruvakula names his first traveling squad for NRC opener". Fiji Rugby. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  7. "La sorpresa Valorugby arriva dalle Fiji: La terza linea Rusiate Nasove alla sua prima esperienza in Italia". Valorugby Emilia. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  8. "Fiji announces team for Pacific Nations Cup". RNZ. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.