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Alasio Sovita Naduva (born 25 June 1990) plays as a winger in the
Fiji national rugby sevens team The Fiji National Rugby Sevens Team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Olympics. Fiji won the gold medal in the inaugural rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics in 2016 i ...
. He helped the
Fiji Sevens The Fiji Sevens, also known as the Suva Sevens is an international rugby union sevens tournament held at the National Stadium in Suva, Fiji. It was a part of the Sevens World Series in 2000, but in the wake of the Fijian coup d'état later that ...
side to win their fourth
World Rugby Sevens Series The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
in the 2018-19 season.


Early life

Naduva is a native of Naweni in the Cakudrove Province in Fiji.


Career


Fiji Sevens

Naduva made his debut in the 2017-18 HSBC World Sevens Series and has quickly established himself as one of the fastest players, hitting a top speed of 36 km per hour suggesting that he is one of the world's fastest rugby players.


Premier Rugby Sevens

Naduva signed into
Premier Rugby Sevens Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7s) is the top annual North American men's and women's rugby sevens competition. The competition follows a touring model and involves 16 teams (8 men's and 8 women's teams) competing against each other across the count ...
for the
2023 season 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
. He was drafted into the New York Locals expansion franchise. He would have standout performances for the Locals at the Eastern Conference Kickoff in Austin, TX at Q2 Stadium, as well as at the Eastern Conference finals in Pittsburgh, PA. He would be the league's leading try scorer, scoring 7 tries and 43 points in 4 games. The Locals were unable to qualify for the Championship weekend. Naduva would take home league MVP honors for his efforts in the 2023 season.


Awards and honours

* Player of the final Hamilton Sevens * 2023 Premier Rugby Sevens Men's Most Valuable Player


References

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