Rebecca Tavo (born 23 March 1983) is a former Australian triple international. She has represented Australia in rugby league, rugby sevens and touch. She has captained the Australian women's sevens team.[1] She competed for Australia at the 2009 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2] She also represented Fiji at the Rio Olympics.[3][4]
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| Born | 23 March 1983 Port Hedland, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (11 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Touch | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editTavo was part of the Champion Australian Women's Touch team at the 2011 Touch World Cup in Scotland.[5] In 2006, she became BHP Billiton's first female train driver.[6] She is also the first Rotuman female to play rugby internationally.[7]
In 2015, she changed allegiance and played for the Fijiana team in the Oceania 7's helping them to win the tournament as well as qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8][3][4]
References
edit- ^ "New Australia Captain, Rebecca Tavo working hard on and off the field". UR7s.com. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Australia well placed to defend World Cup". ESPN Scrum. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ a b Bola-Bari, Vuniwaqa (16 November 2015). "Road to Rio". Fiji Times. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ a b Ratulevu, Pate (16 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Fiji Sevens Teams Announced". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Australian Rugby Union (2012). "2012 Meet the Ambassadors". Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ Greg Growden (13 March 2009). "Driven Tavo makes tracks to training". Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "Rotuman Sports".
- ^ Mannan, Justine (7 November 2015). "Tavo: Team Can Do Awesome Things". Fiji Sun.com.fj. Retrieved 17 November 2015.