Ratu Tagive
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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.[1]
Rugby Union
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]
International career
Tagive received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 15 January 2020 for the 2020 Six Nations Championship.[7]
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.[2]
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- Living people
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
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- Australian rugby union players
- Currie RFC players
- Eastern Suburbs RUFC players
- Footballers who switched code
- Glasgow Warriors players
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- Stirling County RFC players
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