Ratu Tagive


Ratu Tagive 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.

Rugby Union

Amateur career

Converting to Union, Tagive played for Queanbeyan Whites before moving on to amateur club Eastern Suburbs.
On his move to Scotland, Tagive turned out for Currie in the Scottish Premiership.
Tagive has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.

Professional career

He became part of the Brumbies squad, training with them from October 2014.
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. He stated that former Warrior Taqele Naiyaravoro also helped convince him to move to Glasgow.
On his home debut and only second appearance for the Glasgow Warriors, he scored his first try for the Scottish side in a bonus point 47-17 win over the Newport Gwent Dragons.

International career

Tagive received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 15 January 2020 for the 2020 Six Nations Championship.

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.