Rugby will forever be the national sport of our beloved Fiji, and ever since the Fijian Drua came into the picture the dream of playing at a professional level was ripe for the picking.
For Carletta Yee, it was love at first try. The Rooster Chicken Fijian Drua Women forward has made the cut for this year’s Super Rugby W competition.
The former Mahatma Gandhi Memorial School student shared that after her first rugby training back in high school as she never looked back. From the Raluve trophy to the big leagues this 17-year-old of Levuka, Lakeba, Lau has shown us that age is just a number when your drive and passion is strong.
Yee shared in an interview that she was invited by one of her senior schoolmates to a rugby training session one afternoon, and she just fell in love with the sport from there.
The youngster has forced her way into the Fijian Drua Women’s final 30-member squad that was named for the 2025 Super Rugby W competition.
Yee says
Her journey to rugby stardom was also filled with challenges and one of those challenges was being looked down upon because of her age.
She shares that:
one thing that she likes about the sport is the bond that is created off the field with other players from within the team and also from other teams.
She says,
she has set her goal for this year and one of them is to make the matchday 23 squad every week, and she hopes to be playing in front of her family on home soil this season.
The Drua Women will kick start their 2025 Super Rugby W campaign against the Waratahs on Friday 28th February 2025 in Sydney.
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Source: Fijivillage