Uneeq Palavi Explained
Uneeq Sokopeti Lisi Alena Palavi is a Tongan Australian netballer who has represented Tonga internationally.
Palavi was born in Melbourne, Australia to a Samoan mother and Tongan father.[1] [2] She played for the Werribee Centrals, the Victorian Fury,[2] and the City West Falcons.[3] In 2022 she was selected for the Collingwood Magpies in the Suncorp Super Netball competition.[4] [5]
She was selected for the Tonga national netball team for the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.[2] [6] In 2022 she was selected for the team for the 2022 Pacific Australia Netball Series, where she shared the series MVP award with captain Hulita Veve and won the Grand Final MVP Medal.[7] Later that year she was in the team for the 2023 Netball World Cup Oceania qualifiers,[8] where she was top-scorer.[9]
In June 2023 she was selected for the Tonga national netball team for the 2023 Netball World Cup.[10] [11] Palavi was the top scorer for Tonga, and the second top scorer overall, in that competition.
In June 2024, Palavi was selected as a Temporary Replacement Player for the New South Wales Swifts.[12]
Notes and References
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- Web site: A goaler waiting in the wings . Netball Victoria . Linda Pearce . 6 July 2021 . 18 August 2022.
- Web site: Tonga's celebrated goal shooter shines in Netball Premiership win . Loop Tonga . 15 August 2022 . 18 August 2022.
- Web site: 2022 ANC Magpies squad confirmed . Collingwood Magpies . 18 August 2022.
- Web site: Aussie netball great makes HUGE return for West Coast Fever: Full ANC squads . Fox Sports . 17 August 2022 . 18 August 2022.
- Web site: From the archive: Tonga use Silver to inspire grassroots . August 2019 . 18 August 2022.
- Web site: Tonga Netball wins international tournament undefeated . Matangi Tonga . 28 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220328161627/https://matangitonga.to/2022/03/28/tonga-netball-wins-international-tournament-undefeated . 28 March 2022.
- Web site: Tonga Netball Tala wins first game at Oceania Qualifiers . Matangi Tonga . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220719223600/https://matangitonga.to/2022/07/20/tonga-netball-tala-wins-first-game-oceania-qualifiers . 19 July 2022.
- Web site: Tonga's Scoring Machine Tells How She Does It . Fiji Sun . Sereana Salalo . 23 July 2022 . 18 August 2022.
- Web site: Strong Tonga National Netball Team for 2023 World Cup . Matangi Tonga . 17 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230616141302/https://matangitonga.to/2023/06/17/strong-tonga-national-netball-team-2023-world-cup . 16 June 2023.
- Web site: Sporting royalty line up for Tonga world cup teams . RNZ . 15 June 2023 . 20 June 2023.
- Web site: Round 11 Preview & Team Update . New South Wales Swifts . New South Wales Swifts . 23 June 2024 . 21 June 2024.