Mateitoga Bogidraumainadave (born 6 June 1984) is a Fiji-born Japanese rugby union player. She competed for at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Rugby career

XVs Bogidraumainadave played for Arukas Queen Kumagaya and has also represented internationally.

She was a standout player against during the Asia Rugby Women's Championship when won their first championship title in 2015. She scored a hat-trick in the match.

In 2016, she featured for the Sakura fifteens side in their 55–0 thrashing of during the final qualifying tournament for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

In 2017, she made the Japanese squad to the World Cup in Ireland. She scored a try between the posts from off the back of a scrum for her side in their 72–14 loss to in the pool stage.

In May 2022, Bogidraumainadave was part of the Sakura's squad in their Australian tour. She also featured in their two-test series against in July.

Sevens Bogidraumainadave has competed for the Japan women's sevens team. She was part of the team that won the Dublin Women’s Sevens tournament at the UCD Bowl in 2015.

In 2017, she was instrumental in the Sakura sevens side's semi-final victory over Italy and their win against South Africa in the final of the Women’s Sevens Series qualifier at the Hong Kong Stadium.

She appeared for the side at the 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens in their bid for promotion to the 2019–20 Women's Series. Despite her scoring twice, the Sakura's lost to Scotland in the semi-final.

Personal life Bogidraumainadave graduated from the South Pacific Bible College.

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