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Born | Nadi, Fiji | 14 February 1994|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Lock, Second-row, Prop, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Masivesi Dakuwaqa [1] (born 14 February 1994) is a Fijian rugby footballer. [2] [3] Dakuwaqa formerly played rugby sevens for Fiji, including at the 2016 Summer Olympics and rugby league for the Canberra Raiders (Reserve grade) in the National Rugby League. He was representing Biarritz in the French D2 The player was fired from Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque after a biting incident with team mate Pierre Pàges which required of 20 stitches. The player was arrested by the police and should appear in court in May 2025.
Dakuwaqa was born and raised in Wainibuku hart then moved to Nadi district, Fiji and he started his career playing rugby in the local 7's competition on Secala brothers. He played for the Tokatoka Westfield Dragons 7's Team. which is a Saunaka, Nadi-based rugby side that has bred a number of key rugby players for the island nation of Fiji. and Dakuwaqa was selected by Ben Ryan in 2015 to represent the Fiji sevens side, making his debut in the 2016 USA Sevens. [4] [5] Dakuwaqa returned to rugby union in 2019 playing for Western Force and then signed for Toulon prior to the 2019/20 season.
In May 2017 it was announced Dakuwaqa had switched codes to rugby league where he had signed to the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. [6]