Vani Buleki
 Buleki at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Adi Vani Buleki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 October 2000 Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 29 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adi Vani Buleki (born 23 October 2000) is a Fijian rugby union, sevens and rugby league player who currently plays wing for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRLW.
She represented Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Rugby career
[edit]Fiji 7s
[edit]Buleki was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[1][2][3][4] She later competed at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[5]
She represented Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[6][7] She signed with the Western Force for the 2025 Super Rugby Women's season.[8][9]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
[edit]On 15 May 2025 it was reported that she had signed for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRLW[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Tavi, Karalaini. "Fiji 7's squad named for Birmingham Games". fbcnews.com.fj. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "Fiji Rugby names squads for Commonwealth Games Sevens". rnz.co.nz. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ Prasad, Vashneel (1 August 2022). "Team Fiji Men's and Women's teams settle for silver medals at Commonwealth Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ "Australia takes Women's Sevens gold over Fiji". ESPN.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ Prasad, Vashneel (31 August 2022). "Saiasi Fuli names squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ↑ Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ↑ "Fiji - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ↑ Williamson, Nathan (29 January 2025). "Super Rugby Women's squads confirmed for 2025 season". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ↑ Somerford, Ben (29 January 2025). "Two additions as Force completes squad for 2025 Super W season". westernforce.rugby. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ John Chetty (15 May 2025). "Vani switches to rugby league". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Fijian sportswomen
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (NRLW) players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rugby sevens
- Fiji international women's rugby sevens players
- Fijian female rugby league players
- Fijian female rugby union players
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji
- Rugby league players from Suva
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics