Junior Rasolea
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Profile
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Height:
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184cm
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Weight:
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102kg
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Date Of Birth:
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29/04/1991
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Place of Birth:
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Brisbane, Qld
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Stats
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Super Rugby Caps:
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9 (Force)
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Super Rugby Debut:
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2013 v Rebels, Melbourne
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Profile
Junior Rasolea is an up-and-coming rugby talent who has progressed through the Australian Sevens pathway. The explosive centre has been a regular with the Aussie Thunderbolts in the abridged version of the game, after he was recruited by national coach Michael O’Connor prior to the 2011 Gold Coast Sevens. The hard-running, ball-carrying midfielder was spotted playing for newSTAR, an academy side that upset the Thunderbolts in the grand final of the Noosa International Sevens, with Rasolea’s performance seeing him immediately drafted into the national side. The former Queensland Schoolboy representative went on to start in five of seven games at the Gold Coast event. The former Anglican Church Grammar School student, who started in the centres for Fiji during their best-placed finish (sixth) at his second IRB Junior World Championship in 2011, will be vying for his Super Rugby debut in 2013 against the likes of Sam Norton-Knight, Ed Stubbs, Winston Stanley, Chris Tuatara-Morrison and Will Tupou.
Timeline
2007
Represents Queensland at the National Under 16 Championships.
2008
Represents Queensland II who finish fourth in the National Schoolboys Championships.
2009
Represents Queensland II at his second National Schoolboys Championships.
2010
Represents the Fiji Under 20 side that finishes eighth in the IRB Junior World Championship, losing to Wales 39-15 in the seventh/eighth play-off.
2011
Starting centre for the Fiji Under 20 side that records its best finish at an IRB Junior World Championship, finishing sixth; a member of the newSTAR side that defeats the Aussie Thunderbolts in the grand final of the Noosa Sevens; selected for the Australian Sevens side.
2012
An ankle injury disrupts his IRB World Sevens campaign; returns to the Australian Sevens side for their final London and Glasgow, with the side finishing sixth at the end of the 2011/2012 season; represents GPS in Brisbane’s Hospital Cup who are knocked out of the semi-finals by Sunnybank (30-27) after finishing fourth during the season.