'Rugby league brought us here': Ua writing next chapter of family story

'Rugby league brought us here': Ua writing next chapter of family story

Canberra Raiders Club

When Ua Ravu laces up her boots and straps on her headgear she often thinks of her dad Elwyn and how rugby league brought her family to Australia.

The 26-year-old Raiders hooker only played her first full season last year in the Katrina Fanning Shield but the game has had a huge impact on the Ravu family and it is the reason they call the Riverina community of Leeton home.

Ravu was born in Papua New Guinea but moved to the Riverina at just six months of age after Elwyn was recruited to play for the Leeton Greens, and the family never left. 

"I do think about him a lot when I...

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