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Roela Radiniyavuni

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Roela Radiniyavuni
Personal information
Born (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 34)
Suva, Fiji
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Fiji 1 1 0 0 4
Source: RLP
As of 14 November 2020
Rugby union career
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022 Fijiana Drua 5 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–Present  Fiji 4 (0)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
 Fiji
Medals
Representing  Fiji
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team competition

Roela Radiniyavuni (born 7 April 1990) is a Fijian rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a winger, Radiniyavuni has represented Fiji in rugby league, rugby union and rugby sevens.

Biography

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Born in Suva, Radiniyavuni represented Fiji in rugby union and rugby sevens before switching to rugby league in 2019.[1]

Rugby league career

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In 2019, Radiniyavuni relocated to Auckland, New Zealand and began playing rugby league for the Richmond Roses.[2] On 22 June 2019, she represented Fiji, starting on the wing and scoring a try in a 28–0 win over Papua New Guinea.[3]

In July 2019, she represented the Akarana Falcons at the NZRL Women's National Tournament.[4] On 10 July 2019, Radiniyavuni joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[5][6]

In Round 2 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Radiniyavuni made her debut for the Warriors in a 6–26 loss to the St George Illawarra Dragons.[7]

Rugby union career

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In November 2019, Radiniyavuni returned to rugby sevens, rejoining the Fijian national team.[8] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9][10] She won a bronze medal at the event.[11][12][13]

Radiniyavuni was named in the Fijiana Drua squad for the 2022 Super W season.[14][15]

In 2022, Radiniyavuni was named in the Fijiana squad for two test matches against Australia and Japan.[16][17] She started in the game against Japan and scored a try in the 29th minute.[18][19][20] She also started in the test against Australia.[21]

Radiniyavuni was named on the bench in the warm up match against Canada ahead of the World Cup.[22][23] She was selected for the Fijiana squad to the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Rugby The Big Winner As Brumbies Women Fall To Fiji". ACT Brumbies. 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Two Fijian girls land NRLW contracts with Warriors". FBC News. 10 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Eloise Vunakece selected for Fiji Bulikula Women's Test Team". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 17 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Warriors on show at nationals". NZ Warriors. 26 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Hireme's signing huge coup". NZ Warriors. 10 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Meet the players: 2019 NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 26 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Radiniyavuni and Reid to debut". NZ Warriors. 17 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Bulikula star Radiniyavuni back in Fijiana 7s". FBC News. 27 November 2019.
  9. ^ Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Olympic Champions Fiji have named their squads to compete in the Tokyo Olympics". RNZ. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Fantastic Fijiana win historic Olympic medal". RNZ. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  12. ^ Deo, Rohit (31 July 2021). "2020 Tokyo Olympics: Fantastic Fijiana win historic Bronze medal". FijiTimes. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  13. ^ "How the Fijiana battled adversity to win historic Olympic medal at Tokyo Games". www.world.rugby. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  14. ^ Cama, Akuila (9 February 2022). "Fijiana Drua squad for Super W named". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  15. ^ Biudole, Noa (11 February 2022). "Bright future". FijiTimes. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Rooster Chicken to sponsor Fijiana 15s for two historic test matches while Seruvakula names four new overseas-based players". FijiTimes. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  17. ^ Biudole, Noa (29 April 2022). "4 overseas-bases reps in Fijiana XVs squad". fijilive.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  18. ^ Birch, John (1 May 2022). "Japan's winning start to Tri-Series". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  19. ^ Rahiman, Antonio (1 May 2022). "Tri-Series Rugby - Japan beats Fijiana 28-14". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  20. ^ Matairakula, Talei (1 May 2022). "Fijiana 15s goes down to Japan". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  21. ^ Tucker, Jim (6 May 2022). "Wallaroos win on emotional return amid tries, tears and debuts". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  22. ^ "World Cup Warm-Up – Fiji vs Canada – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Canada ready for World Cup after win over Fiji". Americas Rugby News. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  24. ^ Prasad, Vashneel (21 September 2022). "Seruvakula names 32-member squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  25. ^ Mockford, Sarah (21 September 2022). "Fiji Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022". Rugby World. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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