Younis_Bese

Younis Bese

Younis Bese

Rugby player

Younis Bese (born 7 July 1996) is a Fijian rugby union player and former sprinter.

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Biography

Bese won a gold medal in the 200m at the 2014 Oceania Athletics Championships in the Cook Islands. She was then runner-up to Papua New Guinea's Toea Wisil in the 100m.[1][2]

Bese competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[3][4] She represented Fiji in the women's 100m and 200m events.[3] She finished in 7th place in the 100m heats and in 6th place in the 200m heats.[5]

Bese then won two silver medals for Fiji at the 2015 Pacific Games in the 100m and 200m events.[6][7]

Rugby Union career

In 2022, Bese was one of two replacement players that was called into the Fijiana Drua squad for round five of the Super W competition.[8] She made her Super W debut off the bench against the Waratahs.[8][9] She then made the starting line up against the Brumbies in the final round.[10][11]

Bese was named in the Fijiana squad for two test matches against Australia and Japan in May.[12][13] She made her international debut for Fiji against Japan and scored a try.[14][15][16]

References

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    Narain, Pravin (9 July 2014). "Bese relishes her dream". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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    "2014 OCEANIA AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics Fiji. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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    Bia, Aliki (11 July 2014). "Bese aims for Olympic Games". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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    "Bese: I Almost Gave Up But I Was Urged To Keep On Playing Rugby". 13 April 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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    Williamson, Nathan (31 March 2022). "Super W: All the team news for Round Five". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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    Kotobalavu, Josefa (7 April 2022). "Seruvakula rings the changes for Fijiana Drua-Brumbies clash". MaiTV Fiji. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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    Matairakula, Talei (8 April 2022). "Bese's perseverance pays off". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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    "Rooster Chicken to sponsor Fijiana 15s for two historic test matches while Seruvakula names four new overseas-based players". FijiTimes. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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    Biudole, Noa (29 April 2022). "4 overseas-bases reps in Fijiana XVs squad". fijilive.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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    Birch, John (1 May 2022). "Japan's winning start to Tri-Series". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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    Rahiman, Antonio (1 May 2022). "Tri-Series Rugby - Japan beats Fijiana 28-14". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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    Matairakula, Talei (1 May 2022). "Fijiana 15s goes down to Japan". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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