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 er, she previously played rugby union, representing Fiji and playing for the Fijiana Drua in the Super W.

Background
Naikore was born in Savusavu and was originally a soccer player while attending Holy Family Secondary School before switching to rugby union in 2019.

Rugby union
Naikore represented Fiji at the 2021 Rugby World Cup and 2022 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship.

In 2022, she joined the Fijiana Drua, scoring a hat trick in their Super W Grand Final win.

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

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. In Round 2, she started on the and scored two tries in a 31–20 win over the Newcastle Knights.