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Atunaisa Bosenavulagi (born 17 September 2000) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Collingwood Football Club.
| Atu Bosenavulagi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Atunaisa Bosenavulagi[1] | ||
| Nickname(s) | R2[2] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Sawani, Naitasiri, Fiji | ||
| Original team(s) | Oakleigh Chargers | ||
| Draft | No. 77, 2018 AFL draft, Collingwood | ||
| Debut | 10 July 2020, Collingwood vs. Hawthorn, at GIANTS Stadium | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2019–2020 | Collingwood | 3 (0) | |
| 2021-2022 | North Melbourne | 17 (1) | |
| Total | 20 (1) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Bosenavulagi played junior football for the Boroondara Hawks in the Yarra Junior Football League, helping them win the premiership in 2017.[3] Bosenavulagi also played under-18s football for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup, before getting selected by Collingwood.[1] In his junior years, Bosenavulagi represented Australia as a junior representative in rugby sevens, as well as playing Australian rules football.[4] He played for the Oakleigh Chargers 9 games in 2017, while juggling both codes, seeing him often play football on Saturday and rugby on Sunday.[5] In 2018, he played all 18 games for the Oakleigh Chargers, kicking 15 goals,[6][7] and helping lead them to the Grand Final,[8] which they lost to the Dandenong Stingrays by four points.[9]
Bosenavulagi was part of Collingwood's Next Generation Academy.[10] The club drafted him to their Australian Football League (AFL) squad with the 77th draft pick in the 2018 AFL draft.[11] He debuted for Collingwood in Round 6 of the 2020 AFL season, in the club's 32-point victory over Hawthorn,[12][13] collecting 16 disposals, taking four marks, and laying one tackle.[14] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, his debut was in a game with no fans, meaning his mother, Meri, couldn't attend the game, making it only the third game of his that she missed.[15]
At the conclusion of the 2020 AFL season, Bosenavulagi was traded to North Melbourne along with North Melbourne teammate Jaidyn Stephenson.[16]
Bosenavulagi was born in Fiji in the Sawani village in the Naitasiri Province, and has Fijian heritage.[4][17][18] He is the great-nephew of Collingwood's cheer squad leader, Joffa Corfe, who is married to Bosnavulagi's grandma's sister, but Bosenavulagi refers to Corfe as 'grandpa'.[1] Despite Corfe's efforts, Bosenavulagi grew up supporting the Western Bulldogs.[11] Bosenavulagi's father, Atu, played rugby in Fiji and continued when the family moved to Australia in 2003.[19] Bosenvulagi was educated at Christian Brothers College in Melbourne.[20]
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[21]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2019 | Collingwood | 40 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | Collingwood | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Career | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | ||
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