Ratu Tagive

{{short description|Australian rugby footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

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| birth_name = Ratu Tagive

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|04|08|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

| height = {{height|m=1.90}}

| weight = {{convert|102|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

| position = {{rlp|WG}}

| year1start = 2006 | year1end = 07 | club1 = Bulldogs

| year2start = 2007 | year2end = 08 | club2 = Sydney Roosters

| year3start = 2008 | year3end = 10 | club3 = Bulldogs

| year4start = 2010 | year4end = 11 | club4 = Wests Tigers

| year5start = 2011 | year5end = 12 | club5 = Bulldogs

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| ru_position = Wing

| years1 = 2016–

| clubs1 = Glasgow Warriors

| apps1 = 25

| points1 = 20

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| amatyears1 = 2015-16 | amatteam1 = Queanbeyan Whites

| amatyears2 = 2016 | amatteam2 = Eastern Suburbs | amatpoints2 = 35 | amatapps2 = 10

| amatyears3 = 2016-18 | amatteam3 = Currie

| amatyears4 = 2018- | amatteam4 = Stirling County

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| superyears1 = 2014-15

| super1 = Brumbies

| superapps1 = 0

| superpoints1 = 0

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| relatives = Peni Tagive (brother)

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/16/11/15/winger-tagive-joins-glasgow-warriors|title=Winger Tagive joins Glasgow Warriors - Glasgow Warriors|publisher=}}

Rugby Union

=Amateur career=

Converting to Union, Tagive played for Queanbeyan Whites{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/from-nrl-prospect-to-rugby-hopeful-ratu-tagives-secret-journey-20150305-13wfwe.html|title=From NRL prospect to rugby hopeful: Ratu Tagive's secret journey|first=Chris|last=Dutton|date=6 March 2015|publisher=}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/16/12/02/warriors-bt-premiership-action|title=Warriors in BT Premiership action - Glasgow Warriors|publisher=}}

Tagive has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/18/08/21/tennent%E2%80%99s-premiership-clubs-decide-pro-player-draft |title=Tennent’s Premiership clubs decide pro-player draft {{!}} Scottish Rugby Union |website=www.scottishrugby.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902115759/http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/18/08/21/tennent%E2%80%99s-premiership-clubs-decide-pro-player-draft |archive-date=2018-09-02}}

=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLy0dgBz8Xs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/VLy0dgBz8Xs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Exclusive Ratu Tagive Interview|last=Warriors TV|date=15 November 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} He stated that former Warrior Taqele Naiyaravoro also helped convince him to move to Glasgow.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrummagazine.com/2016/11/15/taqele-sold-warriors-move-says-new-boy-ratu/|title="Taqele sold me on Warriors move," says new boy Ratu|date=15 November 2016|publisher=}}

=International career=

Tagive received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 15 January 2020 for the 2020 Six Nations Championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51118420 |publisher=BBC Sport|title=Stuart Hogg: Exeter Chiefs full-back to captain Scotland in Six Nations |date=15 January 2020 |accessdate=15 January 2020}}

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

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  • [http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14907052.Warriors_recruit_winger_Tagive/?ref=rss Glasgow Warriors recruit winger Ratu Tagive]
  • [http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14906060.Powerful_Australian_winger_Ratu_Tagive_signs_deal_with_Glasgow_Warriors/?ref=arc Powerful Australian winger Ratu Tagive signs deal with Glasgow Warriors]

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Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:Australian expatriate rugby union players in Scotland

Category:Australian people of Fijian descent

Category:Australian rugby league players

Category:Australian rugby union players

Category:Currie RFC players

Category:Eastern Suburbs RUFC players

Category:Footballers who switched code

Category:Glasgow Warriors players

Category:Rugby league players from Sydney

Category:Rugby union players from Sydney

Category:Rugby union wings

Category:Stirling County RFC players

Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen