Vitalina Naikore

Vitalina Naikore (born 25 August 2000) is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership & Fiji.

Primarily a winger, she previously played rugby union, representing Fiji and playing for the Fijiana Drua in the Super W.[1] Naikore was born in Savusavu and was originally a soccer player while attending Holy Family Secondary School before switching to rugby union in 2019.

[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] In 2022, she joined the Fijiana Drua, scoring a hat trick in their Super W Grand Final win.

[11][12] On 25 May 2023, Naikore signed a three-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys, joining her Drua teammate Merewalesi Rokouono at the club.

[13] In Round 1 of the 2023 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut, coming off the bench in a 16–6 loss to the Gold Coast Titans.