Rusiate Nasove

Rusiate Nasove

Nasove in 2025
Date of birth	(1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 29)
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
Position(s) Flanker Current team Valorugby Emilia Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2019−2023 Fijian Drua 11 (5) 2023−2024 Valorugby Emilia 6 (0) 2024−2025 Zebre Parma 11 (10) 2025− Valorugby Emilia () Correct as of 10 February 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022 Fiji 3 (0)

Rusiate Nasove (born 27 October 1995) is a Fijian rugby union player, currently playing for the Italian Valorugby Emilia team in Serie A Elite. His preferred position is flanker. ^{[1] [2]}

Professional career

Nasove 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. ^[8] He made his debut in Round 7 of United Rugby Championship in the 2024–25 season against the Ospreys . ^{[9] [10]}

In July 2025, after a season playing for Zebre, he returned to Valorugby Emilia. ^{[11] [2]}

On 6 June 2022, he was named in the Fiji squad for the 2022 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup. ^[12]

References

1. "Rusiate Nasove". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
2. Bardi, Valerio (23 July 2025). "Rugby - Serie A Elite: Il Valorugby ritrova un volto noto per rinforzare il pacchetto di mischia". On Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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. "LE ZEBRE INGAGGIANO IL NAZIONALE FIGIANO RUSIATE NASOVE" (in Italian). Zebre Parma. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
9. "Le Zebre volano sulle proprie Ali: Ospreys battuti 22-17". Zebre Parma. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
10. "L'INTERNAZIONALE TONGANO FETULI PAEA FIRMA CON LE ZEBRE". Zebre Parma. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
11. "Le Zebre salutano sette giocatori: lasciano la franchigia Gregory, Paea, Nasove, Jelic, Andreani, Bozzoni, Drago". www.zebreparma.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 May 2025.
12. "Fiji announces team for Pacific Nations Cup". RNZ . 7 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

External links

• Rusiate Nasove at ItsRugby.co.uk