Evania Pelite

Evania Pelite
Personal information
Full nameEvania Faaea Pelite
Born (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 29)
Caboolture, Queensland, Australia[1]
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 New Zealand Warriors 3 3 0 0 12
2021– Gold Coast Titans 30 10 0 0 40
Total 33 13 0 0 52
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022 Australia 4 7 0 0 28
2022–24 Queensland 6 2 0 0 8
2024 Samoa 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]
As of 5 November 2024
Medals
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team competition

Evania Faaea "Vani" Pelite OAM (born 12 July 1995) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Rugby Union

Pelite made her debut for the Australian women's national rugby sevens team at the age of 17 at the 2013 Amsterdam Women's Sevens.[3][4] She also represented Australia in touch rugby.[5][6]

Pelite was selected to represent Australia in rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] She was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

She also won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[15]

Pelite was named in the Australia squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[16] The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14-12 in the quarterfinals.[17] Full details.

Rugby League

Pelite resigned with Gold Coast Titans until 2027.[18] Pelite represented Samoa in the 2024 Rugby League Pacific Championships.[19]

Honours and achievements

Rugby League

Rugby Union

References

  1. ^ "Vani Pelite". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Evania Pelite - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  3. ^ "Evania Pelite: Road to Rio". redsrugby.com.au. 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Evania Pelite". Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Evania Pelite". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  6. ^ Scanlon, Jill (17 March 2016). "From touch heroes to rugby team-mates, Evania Pelite loves playing with these women". SBS.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Aussies name rugby sevens squads for Rio Olympics". ABC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  9. ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Vani Pelite Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  16. ^ Williamson, Nathan (2 July 2021). "Australia announces Olympic Sevens squads | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au". www.rugby.com.au.
  17. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Pelite pens Titans extension to '27". Titans.com.au. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Jillaroos star ready to honour Samoan heritage". Titans.com.au. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Pelite claims triple crown after inspiring NRLW season". Titans.com.au. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  21. ^ Becht, Richard (18 October 2020). "Pelite named Warriors' player of year". warriors.kiwi. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  22. ^ "Captain claims top gong at Titans awards". Titans.com.au. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  23. ^ "Fotuaika, Mato rewarded for strong seasons". Titans.com.au. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  24. ^ worldrugby.org. "DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 13 May 2019.