Savenaca Rawaca

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Savenaca Rawaca
Date of birth (1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 32)
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) winger
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016– Fiji 1 (0)
Correct as of 24 June 2016
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
  Fiji
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Summer Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition

Savenaca Rawaca, OF (born 20 August 1991) is a Fijian rugby union player. Renowned for his physicality and aggressiveness on the rugby field, he earned the nickname "Pitbull". [1] [2] He is currently playing for the Fiji sevens [3] [4] team. [5] Rawaca made his debut for Fiji 7s at the 2014 Gold Coast Sevens. In August 2016, he was a part of the Fiji sevens men's rugby team that won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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Career

Rawaca was born and raised in Navatu, Bua [6] and he started his career playing rugby in the local sevens competition. He played for the Bua sevens team [6] and was selected by Ben Ryan to represent the Fiji national sevens side in 2014 Gold Coast Sevens.

Honours

Rawaca has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Fiji. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ World Rugby Sevens Series (4 December 2015). "FIJI 7S Squads" . Retrieved 18 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Rusiate Baleilevuka (3 June 2015). "Rawaca turns down major offers from renowned clubs". Fiji Village . Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Shalveen Chand (20 May 2015). "Ryan picks Rawaca". Fiji Times . Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Vashneel Prasad (28 May 2015). "Savenaca Rawaca a prominent member for the Vodafone Flying Fijians". Fiji One . Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Vuniwaqa Bola-Bari (March 3, 2016). "Ravouvou, Rawaca in top form". Fiji Times .
  6. 1 2 Serafina Silaitoga (30 May 2015). "Bua bullets return". Fiji Times . Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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