Caroline Fairs

Caroline Fairs
Born
Caroline Vakalahi

(1983-01-04) 4 January 1983 (age 41)
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
OccupationArmy Officer
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–  Australia - (-)
Military career
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchAustralian Army
Years of service2007–
RankCaptain
Battles / warsWar in Afghanistan

Caroline Fairs (née Vakalahi; born 4 January 1983) is an Australian female rugby union player and an Officer in the Australian Army.

Rugby career

Fairs played in the Australia women's national rugby union team in the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place, she was also named in Australia's 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squad. After a break in which she gave birth, in 2017 Fairs was selected to represent Australia at the International Women's Rugby Series in New Zealand, she credited her return to the game with helping her recover from post-natal depression.[1][2][3]

Fairs has also played for the Australian Services Rugby Union–Women’s team as well as the Wests Bulldogs Rugby Club, North Brisbane Rugby Club and Easts Tigers Rugby Union in the Queensland Premier Rugby women’s competition.[4]

Military career

Fairs joined the Australian Army in 2007 and is an Officer in the Royal Australian Corps of Transport. Fairs has served operationally at Al Minhad Air Base in Dubai and in Kabul in the War in Afghanistan.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Sean (RUGBY15.CO.ZA) (16 June 2014). "Wallaroos Finalise IRB Women's Rugby World Cup Squad". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Rugby Australia. "Caroline Fairs". rugby.com.au. Rugby Australia. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ Sam Phillips (12 June 2017). "How rugby helped heal Caroline Fairs". rugby.com.au. Rugby Australia. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b Department of Defence (2014). "Caroline Vakalahi - Brisbane Girl Targets World Cup". defence.gov.au. Department of Defence. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ^ Payten, Iain (31 May 2014). "Wallaroos star Caroline Vakalahi serving her country on two fronts". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. Retrieved 14 July 2014.