Rebecca Tavo

Rebecca Tavo
Date of birth (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983
Place of birth Port Hedland, Western Australia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position -
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011 Australia (touch)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2008–2013
2015		 Australia
Fijiana

Rebecca Tavo (born 23 March 1983 in Port Hedland, Western Australia) is an Australian, dual international, rugby union and Touch football player. She is the former captain for the Australian women's sevens team.[1] She played at the 2009 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2]

Tavo was part of the Champion Australian Women’s Touch team at the 2011 Touch World Cup in Scotland.[3]

In 2006 she became BHP Billiton's first female train driver .[4] She is also the first Rotuman female [5] to play rugby internationally.

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 Olympic Games.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ UR7s.com (17 November 2011). "New Australia Captain, Rebecca Tavo working hard on and off the field". Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  2. ↑ ESPN Scrum (31 May 2013). "Australia well placed to defend World Cup". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Australian Rugby Union (2012). "2012 Meet the Ambassadors". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Greg Growden (13 March 2009). "Driven Tavo makes tracks to training". Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.rotuma.net/os/sports/sports2009/sports0901.htm
  6. ↑ Mannan, Justine (7 November 2015). "Tavo: Team Can Do Awesome Things". Fiji Sun.com.fj. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Bola-Bari, Vuniwaqa (16 November 2015). "Road to Rio". The Fiji Times Online. Fiji Times.com. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

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