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| Born | Ratu Tagive (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 33) Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Peni Tagive (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratu Tagive (born Australia) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors at the Wing position.
Rugby League
Tagive played for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Wests Tigers in the Australian NRL.
Rugby Union
Amateur career
Converting to Union, Tagive played for Queanbeyan Whites 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.
On his move to Scotland, Tagive turned out for Currie in the Scottish Premiership.
Tagive has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.
Professional career
He became part of the Brumbies squad, training with them from October 2014.
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. 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. He stated that former Warrior Taqele Naiyaravoro also helped convince him to move to Glasgow.
International career
Tagive received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 15 January 2020 for the 2020 Six Nations Championship.
Family
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.
References
- ^ "Winger Tagive joins Glasgow Warriors - Glasgow Warriors".
- ^ Dutton, Chris (6 March 2015). "From NRL prospect to rugby hopeful: Ratu Tagive's secret journey".
- "Warriors in BT Premiership action - Glasgow Warriors".
- "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.
- Glasgow Warriors recruit winger Ratu Tagive
- Powerful Australian winger Ratu Tagive signs deal with Glasgow Warriors
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
- Australian people of Fijian descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Currie RFC players
- Eastern Suburbs RUFC players
- Footballers who switched code
- Glasgow Warriors players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Rugby union wings
- Stirling County RFC players
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen