Sanita Levave

Sanita Levave (born 8 November 1988) is a women's rugby union player from Wellington, New Zealand. She plays as a Lock for Northern United, Wellington Pride and the New Zealand women's national rugby union team. She is the sister of the Hurricanes and Samoa national rugby union team player Faifili Levave.

Career Levave played netball and basketball at school but started playing rugby at St Mary's College, Wellington however at the time, St Mary's did not have a girl's rugby team so Levave was granted permission to play for Wellington Girls' College in lieu. As a result, she started fitness work including road running which resulted in her losing 20 kg going from 107 kg to 87 kg. At the tournament, she was the second tallest player at 1.86m.

Personal life Levave studied for a bachelor's degree in nursing while playing rugby. She lives with her brother.