Rebecca Tavo


Rebecca Tavo is a former Australian triple international. She has represented Australia in rugby league, rugby sevens and touch. She has captained the Australia women's national [rugby union team (sevens)|Australian women's sevens team]. She competed for Australia at the 2009 [Rugby World Cup Sevens|2009] and 2013 [Rugby World Cup Sevens]. She also represented Fiji at the 2016 [Summer Olympics|Rio Olympics].

Biography

Tavo was part of the Champion Australian Women's Touch team at the Touch [Football World Cup#2011 - Scotland (Edinburgh)|2011 Touch World Cup] in Scotland. In 2006, she became BHP Billiton's first female train driver. She is also the first Rotuman female to play rugby internationally.
In 2015, she changed allegiance and played for the Fiji women's national [rugby sevens team|Fijiana] team in the Oceania 7's helping them to win the tournament as well as qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.