- Source: Ratu Tagive
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
Glasgow Warriors recruit winger Ratu Tagive
Powerful Australian winger Ratu Tagive signs deal with Glasgow Warriors
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ratu Tagive
- Peni Tagive
- 2019–20 Glasgow Warriors season
- Index of Fiji-related articles
- 2020 Six Nations Championship squads
- 2021–22 Glasgow Warriors season
- House of Chiefs (Fiji)
- 2016–17 Glasgow Warriors season
- 2020–21 Glasgow Warriors season
- List of family relations in rugby league
