The Western Force is excited today to confirm the return of Fijian flyer Adi Vani Buleki for a second season and addition of Wanneroo outside back Teiana Mainwaring.
Fijian Olympian Buleki, who has been part of this year’s HSBC SVNS tour, was a revelation in her maiden Super W campaign last season, scoring three tries in four games.
Wanneroo teenager Mainwaring has come through the RugbyWA pathway and enjoyed a strong 2025 Fortescue Premier Grade season with premiers Wanneroo.
The duo adds further quality and depth to the Force’s outside back stocks ahead of 2026 Swyftx Super Rugby Women’s season, which starts in early June. The Force’s 32-player squad will be confirmed on Tuesday.
Buleki, 25, represented Fiji at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she scored two tries. The speedster was also part of Fiji’s silver medal-winning 2022 Commonwealth Games sevens team.
The Fijian’s blistering speed, aerial ability and evasiveness set her apart in the 2025 Super W season after coming into the 15-a-side game following years spent in the Fiji sevens set-up. She also spent time with Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs during the 2025 NRLW season, scoring one try in six games.
Force Super W head coach Dylan Parsons said: “Vani has got huge X-factor. She came into our environment and really added a lot of value. We still see a lot of potential in the 15s game with her.
“Most of her rugby has been in sevens. She’s gone back to sevens with Fiji, as well as a little stint in NRLW with the Bulldogs.
“The positive thing is she’s come out of our program after a successful season and gone into other high-level competitions across different codes.
“She’s come into our squad this week fit and firing after her time on tour with the Fiji HSBC SVNS side which is fantastic.”
Mainwaring, 17, is an exciting local, outside back prospect, emerging out of the successful Divaz set-up at Wanneroo, who’ve won back-to-back premierships.
The teenager scored a try and landed two conversions in Wanneroo’s 19-15 win over Wests Scarborough in last season’s Fortescue Premier Grade Grand Final. Earlier in the 2025 season, she won the Rendezvous Hotel Perth Scarborough Women's Challenge Cup MVP as the Divaz lifted that title.
Mainwaring has been training with the Force as part of the Cygnets group, having got a taste during the North vs South Series where she scored in game two.
Parsons said: “We’re thrilled to give Teiana an opportunity in our 2026 Super W squad as another exciting local product who has come through the RugbyWA system and Aranmore program.
“We’ve witnessed her exciting potential from her time training with the Force, in the North vs South Series and her performances with Wanneroo in Premier Grade.
“Teiana already has a strong foundation of her core skills which is really important in a fullback. We have seen a point of difference in her ability to be able to beat defenders one on one with her agility and speed.”
Adi Vani Buleki
Position: Winger DOB: 23/10/2000 Super W caps: 2025- (4 caps, 3 tries)
Teiana Mainwaring
Position: Outside back DOB: 10/6/2008 WA club: Wanneroo
2026 Western Force Swyftx Super Rugby Women’s squad
Katalina Amosa, Adi Vani Buleki, Halley Derera, Ai Dickson, Nami Dickson, Zoe Elliott, Grace Freeman, Atawhai Hotene, Nicole Ledington, Michaela Leonard, Teiana Mainwaring, Hera-Barb Malcolm Heke, Ngamihi Monk, Sera Naiqama, Chiharu Nezuka, Alapeta Ngauamo, Hannah Palelei, Ella Pietsch, Seina Saito, Allana Sikimeti, Cecilia Smith, Anneka Stephens, Kahurangi Sturmey, Sofaia Talemaira, Pia Tapsell, Brooklyn Teki-Joyce, Kylah-Rey Tuheke Kupa, Braxton Walker, Taylor Waterson, Aiysha Wigley, Sammy Wood
