Ropate Rinakama

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Ropate Rinakama
Date of birth (1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 (age 36)
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight273 lb (124 kg)
School Mount Albert Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–18 FC Grenoble 7 (0)
2019–20 Worcester Warriors 3 ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013, 2019 North Harbour 7 (0)
2017–18 Northland 21 (5)
2021–22 Manawatu 6 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–18 Fiji 3 (0)

Ropate Rinakama (born 17 January 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player. [1]

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Biography

Born in Fiji, Rinakama took up a scholarship to finish his schooling at Auckland's Mount Albert Grammar School. [2]

A tighthead prop, Rinakama played provincial rugby in New Zealand for North Harbour, Northland and Manawatu. He also had stints in Europe as short-term injury cover at FC Grenoble in 2017-18 and the Worcester Warriors in 2019–20. [3]

Rinakama was capped twice during Fiji's 2017 end of year Northern Hemisphere tour and gained a third cap for the Flying Fijians against Samoa in a 2018 Pacific Nations Cup match in Suva. [4]

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References

  1. "Rinakama joins Fiji tour squad". NZ Herald . 17 October 2017.
  2. Milne, Jonathan (10 April 2022). "From rugby star to roadworker, the struggle recruiting to build NZ's critical infrastructure". Newsroom .
  3. "Warriors boss provides update on new signing". Kidderminster Shuttle . 5 November 2019.
  4. "Warriors sign international prop". Worcester News . 31 October 2019.