Makarita Baleinadogo
| Date of birth | 9 February 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tailevu Province, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Dan Baleinadogo (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Makarita Baleinadogo, (born 9 February 2002) in Tailevu Province, Fiji, is a Fijian born French rugby union player who can play in the back row or at prop. She plays for Stade Bordelais, and won the Élite 1 in 2025 with the club.
Early life and career
She was born in 2002 in the province of Tailevu Province, Fiji.[1] Her father, Daniele Baleinadogo, is a former Fijian international rugby union player.[2] She moved to France in 2010 and began playing rugby in 2015 at AS Mâcon, where her father played, she then played for CS Annonay.[1]
Rugby career
In 2018, she joined FC Grenoble Amazones. In both 2019 and 2020, she was selected for the French national team's training squad for players that are under 18 years.[1]
She moved to Stade Bordelais in 2024 and won the 2024–25 Élite 1 with the team.[3] In June 2025, she was selected for the French Under-20 team to play in the Six Nations Summer Series in Wales.[4]
In August 2025 she was named in the French squad for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup by head coaches Gaëlle Mignot & David Ortiz.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b c "World Cup spot in French Rugby". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 3 August 2025 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Rugby (Élite 1 féminine) : trois recrues et trois départs chez les Lionnes du Stade Bordelais" [Rugby (Élite 1 féminine): three new recruits and three departures for the Lionnes du Stade Bordelais]. SudOuest (in French). 25 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "Annonay. Rugby : Makarita Baleinadogo, championne avec Bordeaux en Élite 1, sur les pas de son père Dan" [Rugby: Makarita Baleinadogo, champion with Bordeaux in Elite 1, following in the footsteps of her father Dan]. www.ledauphine.com (in French). 10 June 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "Le groupe du XV de France U20 féminin pour le Summer Series officialisé" [France Women's U20 XV – The Bleuettes squad for the Summer Series in Wales has been confirmed]. rugbyrama.fr (in French). 19 June 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "XV de France féminin : Le groupe pour la Coupe du monde" [French women's XV: The squad for the World Cup]. Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). 2 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.