Esava Ratugolea

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Esava Ratugolea
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Ratugolea playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Born (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 27)
Griffith, New South Wales
Original teams Cobram Football Club, Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 43, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2018, Geelong  vs. Melbourne, at MCG
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Position Key Defender
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2018–2023 Geelong 75 (38)
2024– Port Adelaide 36 (4)
Total111 (42)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 17, 2025.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Esava Ratugolea (born 24 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ratugolea was initially drafted by Geelong with their third pick and forty-third overall in the 2016 national draft. [1] Ratugolea made his debut in Geelong's 3-point win against Melbourne in round 1, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. [2]

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Ratugolea was born in Griffith, New South Wales. His parents are Fijian, and arrived in Australia a few years before his birth. At the age of six, Ratugolea moved to Cobram, Victoria. He only began playing football in 2011, after previously playing rugby and soccer. [3] [4]

At the end of the 2023 AFL season, he was traded to Port Adelaide. [5]

Statistics

Ratugolea playing for Geelong in 2023 Esava Ratugolea.jpg
Ratugolea playing for Geelong in 2023

Updated to the end of round 17, 2025. [6]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTH/OGBKHDMTH/O
2018 Geelong 178773732692615620.90.94.64.08.63.31.97.8
2019 Geelong 172015151037217553461260.80.85.23.68.82.72.36.3
2020 [a] Geelong 17125560441043230720.40.45.03.78.72.72.56.1
2021 Geelong 171511563521153230930.70.34.23.57.72.12.06.2
2022 Geelong 174001792698130.00.04.32.36.52.32.03.3
2023 Geelong 1716009349142702220.00.05.83.18.94.41.40.1
2024 Port Adelaide 272347140802201074740.20.36.13.59.64.72.00.2
2025 Port Adelaide 2713008656142752130.00.07.24.711.96.31.70.3
Career11142395993949934042193750.40.45.43.58.93.62.03.4

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Nicholson, Larissa (3 December 2016). "The Geelong draftee Esava Ratugolea's love of football started with a packet of chips". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Demons are Gawn as late miss lets Cats hold on". ABC Sport . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Counting the cost - Shepparton News". 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ratugolea's rapid rise - TAC Cup". 7 July 2016.
  5. ↑ @AFL_House (18 October 2023). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Esava Ratugolea". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 November 2020.


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