Bui Baravilala

Akalaini "Bui" Baravilala (born July 12, 1991) is an American rugby union player. She plays for the United States women's national rugby sevens team and the United States women's national rugby union team. She was a squad member of the United States national rugby union team to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1] She was selected for the United States sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Bui Baravilala
Full nameAkalaini Baravilala
Date of birth (1991-07-12) July 12, 1991
Place of birthHonolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–present United States
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
United States

Baravilala attended Radford High School in Honolulu and played volleyball and basketball.[4] She is of iTaukei descent from Fiji.[5]

References
  1. Release, Press (2014-07-08). "USA's Women's World Cup Squad Named". www.rugbytoday.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  2. "BARAVILALA Akalani". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  3. Wise, Chad (18 July 2016). "Get to know Team USA's Women's Rugby Sevens squad". USA Rugby.org. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  4. Scheuring, Ian (22 July 2016). "Hawaii's Baravilala readies for rugby's return at 2016 Olympic Games". Hawaii News Now.com. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  5. Cama, Akuila (July 2016). "Durutalo and Baravilala named in USA 7s team to Rio". Fiji One.tv. Archived from the original on 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2016-08-07.


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