Vuate Karawalevu
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| Full name | Vuate Karawalevu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 2001 Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 13 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vuate Karawalevu (born 5 March 2001) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the North Sydney Bears in the NSW Cup and Fiji at international level.
Background
Karawalevu was born in Suva, Central Division, Fiji.[2] He was educated at the Marist Brothers High School.[3]
Playing career
Club career
Karawalevu is contracted to the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.[4] While under contract at the Roosters, he played for the Kaiviti Silktails in the Ron Massey Cup in 2021.[5] Karawalevu also played in 2021 for the Roosters Jersey Flegg Cup side.[6][7] Playing as a winger he scored 7 tries in just 6 games for the North Sydney Bears in the 2022 NSW Cup.[8]
International career
In October 2022 Karawalevu was named in the Fiji squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[9] In October 2022 he made his international début for the Fiji Bati side against Italy.[10] In October 2023 Karawalevu has rejoined the 15-a-side game with the NSW Waratahs ahead of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific campaign on a two-year deal.[11]
References
- ↑ Rugby League Project
- ↑ Zero Tackle profile
- ↑ Vuate living his dream
- ↑ ‘Like rugby union signing Brad Fittler as a schoolboy’: Roosters poach Fijian prodigy
- ↑ Vuate Karawalevu joins Roosters for pre-season training
- ↑ The Mole: Sydney Roosters on brink of debuting rugby 'sensation'
- ↑ Karawalevu savors selection
- ↑ Silktails celebrate World Cup selections
- ↑ Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021
- ↑ Fiji 60-4 Italy
- ↑ Media, Waratahs (31 October 2023). "NSW Waratahs sign Fijian Bati International Vuate Karawalevu". nsw.rugby. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
External links
- Infobox rugby league biography with rugby union parameters
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Fiji national rugby league team players
- Fijian rugby league players
- Fijian rugby union players
- Kaiviti Silktails players
- North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players
- Rugby league players from Suva
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby union players from Suva
- Rugby union wings
- New South Wales Waratahs players
- Fijian Drua players
- Footballers who switched code
- Fiji international rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks