Aliti Namoce (born 31 December 1997) is a Fijian rugby league footballer who plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NSWRL Women's Premiership and has represented Fiji. Primarily a prop, she previously played for the Sydney Roosters Women in the NRL Women's Premiership.
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| Full name | Aliti Namoce Sagano[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1997 Suva, Fiji, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 15 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editBorn in Fiji, Namoce grew up in Blacktown, New South Wales and attended Seven Hills High School, where she played rugby union.[2]
Playing career
editIn 2019, Namoce began playing rugby league for the North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[3]
In June 2019, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[4] On 22 June 2019, she was selected as 18th player for Fiji in their 28–0 win over Papua New Guinea.[5]
On 1 July 2019, she signed with the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[6] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Roosters in their 12–16 win over the New Zealand Warriors.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Bears hunt Sharks to book spot in NSW Women's Grand Final". Asia Pacific RL. 21 September 2020.
- ^ "From the gym to Leichhardt Oval: Namoce's fast track to the big show". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 September 2019.
- ^ "New Player Announcements for 2020". North Sydney Bears. 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Eloise Vunakece selected for Fiji Bulikula Women's Test Team". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Roosters announce 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 14 September 2019.