Soli_Ropati

Soli Ropati

Soli Ropati

Samoan netball player

Soli Ropati (born 19 May 1997)[1] is a Samoan netball player who plays as a wing defence.[1] She has represented Samoa internationally as part of the Samoa national netball team.

Ropati plays for City West Falcons in the Victorian Netball League.[2]

In 2017 she was captain of the Samoa under-21 netball team for the 2017 International Youth Netball Series,[3] and then vice-captain for the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup in Gaborone, Botswana.[4] In November 2017 she was selected for the Samoa national netball team for its tour of Scotland.[5][6] In 2019 she played in the 2019 Netball World Cup.[7] In 2022 she was selected for the PacificAus Sports Netball Series,[8] and then for the Oceania World Cup Qualifiers.[9]

In 2022 she won the Ballarat Football Netball League's Sally McLean Medal.[10][11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Soli Ropati". Netball Central. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    Tara Murray (7 April 2022). "Falcons made to pay". Wyndham Star Weekly. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    Iva Danford (11 January 2017). "We will try our best - Samoan netball captain". Fiji Village. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    "Samoa U 21 side for Netball World Youth Cup 2017 named". Loop Samoa. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    "Samoa in the UK ahead of matches against Scotland and Wales". World Netball. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    "Squad for Wendy White Series Against Samoa Announced". Wales Netball. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    "VNWC2019 Opposition in Focus: Samoa". England Netball. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    Julius Netzler (18 March 2022). "Samoa Represented at PacificAus Sports Netball Series". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    Julius Netzler (17 July 2022). "Tifa Moana Set to Play Oceania Netball World Cup Qualifiers". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. [10]
    Matt Currill (13 September 2022). "Melton South's Soli Ropati creates history with BFNL A Grade best and fairest win". The Courier. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  11. [11]
    Tara Murray (15 September 2022). "Ropati makes history". Star Weekly. Retrieved 2 October 2022.


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