Ratu_Tagive
Ratu Tagive
Australian rugby footballer
Ratu Tagive (born Australia) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors at the Wing position.
| Birth name | Ratu Tagive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Canberra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Peni Tagive, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tagive played for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Wests Tigers in the Australian NRL.[1]
Amateur career
Converting to Union, Tagive played for Queanbeyan Whites[2] in the John I Dent Cup whilst in the Brumbies extended training squad before moving on to Shute Shield side Eastern Suburbs for the 2016 season.[1]
On his move to Scotland, Tagive turned out for Currie in the Scottish Premiership.[3]
Tagive has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.[4]
Professional career
He became part of the Brumbies squad, training with them from October 2014.[2]
As a result of his performances in the premier club competitions in Canberra & Sydney, on 15 November 2016 it was announced that Tagive had joined Glasgow Warriors on a one-year deal.[1] In an interview he stated that Glasgow Warriors became interested after former Warrior and former Eastern Suburbs teammate Steven Findlay posted a video of Tagive online.[5] He stated that former Warrior Taqele Naiyaravoro also helped convince him to move to Glasgow.[6] On his home debut and only second appearance for the Glasgow Warriors, he scored his first try for the Scottish side in a bonus point 47-17 win over the Newport Gwent Dragons.
International career
Tagive received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 15 January 2020 for the 2020 Six Nations Championship.[7]
He is the younger brother of NRL player Peni Tagive. From a family of nine, Ratu had to work as a hotel porter in Canberra to help his mother overcome a gambling addiction.[2]
- Dutton, Chris (6 March 2015). "From NRL prospect to rugby hopeful: Ratu Tagive's secret journey".
- "Tennent's Premiership clubs decide pro-player draft | Scottish Rugby Union". www.scottishrugby.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018.
- Warriors TV (15 November 2016). "Exclusive Ratu Tagive Interview". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube.
- ""Taqele sold me on Warriors move," says new boy Ratu". 15 November 2016.
- "Stuart Hogg: Exeter Chiefs full-back to captain Scotland in Six Nations". BBC Sport. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.