Alasio Naduva
Alasio Sovita Naduva[1] (born 25 June 1990) plays as a winger in the Fiji national rugby sevens team. He helped the Fiji Sevens side to win their fourth World Rugby Sevens Series in the 2018-19 season. Naduva made his debut in the 2017-18 HSBC World Sevens Series and has quickly established himself as one of the fastest players, hitting a top speed of 36 km per hour suggesting that he is one of the world's fastest rugby players.[2]
| Date of birth | 25 June 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby Sevens Player | ||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Naduva is a native of Naweni in the Cakudrove Province in Fiji.[3]
Awards and honours
- Player of the final Hamilton Sevens[4]
References
- ^ worldrugby.org. "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "WATCH: Fiji's Naduva timed top speed shows he's as fast as Carlin Isles | Rugby Onslaught". Rugby Onslaught. 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Naduva ready for national sevens team challenge". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Naduva named HSBC Player of the Final for Hamilton". Retrieved 2018-11-16.