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Birth name | Kalivati Tawake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 November 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 124 kg (19 st 7 lb; 273 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kalivati Tawake (born 16 November 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player who played for the Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. [1] [2] His position of choice is prop.
He currently (2021) plays for Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque in France as prop. [3]
In 2019 Tawake suffered a knee injury playing for Fiji against Tonga ruling him out of the rugby world cup squad. [4]
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