Rusiate Nasove

Rusiate Nasove (born 27 October 1995) is a Fijian rugby union player, currently playing for the Italian Valorugby Emilia team in Serie A Elite. His preferred position is flanker.^[1][2]

Rusiate Nasove

Nasove in 2025
Date of birth	(1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)
School	Sigatoka Valley High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Current team Valorugby Emilia Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2019−2023 Fijian Drua 11 (5) 2023−2024 Valorugby Emilia 6 (0) 2024−2025 Zebre Parma 11 (10) 2025− Valorugby Emilia () Correct as of 10 February 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022 Fiji 3 (0)

Professional career

Nasove was named in the Drua squad for the 2022 and 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season.^[3][4][5] He had previously represented the Drua in the 2019 National Rugby Championship.^[6] In October 2023 he signed for Italian Serie A Elite team Valorugby Emilia.^[7]

Nasove signed for Zebre Parma in October 2024 ahead of the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship.^[8] He made his debut in Round 7 of United Rugby Championship in the 2024–25 season against the Ospreys .^[9][10]

In July 2025, after a season playing for Zebre, he returned to Valorugby Emilia.^[11][2]

On 6 June 2022, he was named in the Fiji squad for the 2022 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.^[12]