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.[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.[citation needed]
References edit
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- ^ "Tonga Netball Tala wins first game at Oceania Qualifiers". Matangi Tonga. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022.
- ^ Sereana Salalo (23 July 2022). "Tonga's Scoring Machine Tells How She Does It". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Strong Tonga National Netball Team for 2023 World Cup". Matangi Tonga. 17 June 2023. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Sporting royalty line up for Tonga world cup teams". RNZ. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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