Rusila Nagasau

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Rusila Nagasau
Date of birth (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 36)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 5
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2016Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Medal record
Representing Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team competition

Rusila Nagasau (born 4 August 1987) is a Fijian rugby union player. She plays rugby sevens for Fiji and was also a representative soccer player. [1] She was included in the squad for the 2016 France Women's Sevens. [2]

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Biography

Nagasau was instrumental in Fiji qualifying for the 2016 Olympics when she scored four tries in the 2015 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship final against Samoa. [3] She was named in the sevens squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside cousin and captain Ana Maria Roqica. [4] [5] [6]

Nagasau represented Fiji at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [7] [8] She won a bronze medal at the event. [9] [10] [11]

Nagasau was a batonbearer for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay when the baton came to her island in February 2022. [12] She was later a part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [13] [14] [15] [16] In September she captained the team at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [17]

Nagasau was named on the bench in the warm up match against Canada ahead of the World Cup. [18] [19] She was selected for the Fijiana squad to the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [20] [21]

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References

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