Bella Milo Explained

Height:1.7m
Ru Position:Fly-half
Ru Provinceyears1:2008–2014
Ru Province1:Auckland
Ru Provinceapps1:30
Ru Provincepoints1:58
Repyears1:2006–2023
Ru Sevensnationalyears1:2016
Coachyears1:2017
Coachteams1: (assistant coach)

Bella Milo (born 29 May 1986) is a Samoan rugby union player. She competed for Samoa at the 2006 and 2014 Rugby World Cups. She has also represented Samoa in sevens rugby.

Biography

Milo represented Samoa at the 2006 and 2014 Rugby World Cups.[1] [2] In 2014 she took up her cousin's suggestion to play in Hong Kong and three years later she became the backs and the strength and conditioning coach for Hong Kong.[3] She made her third World Cup appearance in 2017 as Hong Kong's assistant coach.[4]

In 2016, Milo featured for the Samoa 7s team at the Olympic repechage tournament in Ireland. In October 2023, she was named in the Manusina Samoa squad for the inaugural WXV 2 tournament in Cape Town, South Africa.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McNicol . Andrew . 2021-12-31 . Ex-Hong Kong coach Milo could face city as Samoa player in Rugby World Cup qualifier . 2022-05-10 . South China Morning Post . en.
  2. Web site: Bella Milo . 2022-05-10 . Pinnacle Performance . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Von Dincklage . Vaelei . 2021-02-01 . Bella Milo: taking Samoan values to the world . 2022-05-10 . Samoa Observer.
  4. Web site: 2021-02-17 . Bella Milo: Rugby World Cup 2021 could have huge impact on women's rugby in Hong Kong and Pacific Islands . 2022-05-10 . www.world.rugby.
  5. Web site: worldrugby.org . 2023-10-03 . WXV 2: Anticipation builds for South Africa as squads named . 2023-10-08 . www.world.rugby.