Rusiate Nasove
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| Date of birth | 27 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "Rusiate Nasove". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ @Fijian_Drua (21 November 2021). "Bula! Vinaka (thank you) @SuperRugbyNZ! We love it here" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Australian and Fijian Drua squads revealed for 2022 Super Rugby Pacific". Rugby Pass. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "2023 SQUAD". Drua Rugby. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Seruvakula names his first traveling squad for NRC opener". Fiji Rugby. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "La sorpresa Valorugby arriva dalle Fiji: La terza linea Rusiate Nasove alla sua prima esperienza in Italia". Valorugby Emilia. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "LE ZEBRE INGAGGIANO IL NAZIONALE FIGIANO RUSIATE NASOVE" (in Italian). Zebre Parma. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Le Zebre volano sulle proprie Ali: Ospreys battuti 22-17". Zebre Parma. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "L'INTERNAZIONALE TONGANO FETULI PAEA FIRMA CON LE ZEBRE". Zebre Parma. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Le Zebre salutano sette giocatori: lasciano la franchigia Gregory, Paea, Nasove, Jelic, Andreani, Bozzoni, Drago". www.zebreparma.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Fiji announces team for Pacific Nations Cup". RNZ. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
External links
- Rusiate Nasove at ItsRugby.co.uk