Tevita Ikanivere

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Tevita Ikanivere
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Full nameTevita Veicavuaki Ikanivere
Date of birth (1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Ono-i-Lau, Fiji
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight113 kg (249 lb; 17 st 11 lb)
School Queen Victoria School, Holy Trinity Anglican School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Mie Honda Heat
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019–2025 Fijian Drua 25 (35)
2025– Mie Honda Heat 0 (0)
Correct as of 2025
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018–2019 Fiji U20 8 (10)
2019 Fiji Warriors 1 (0)
2020– Fiji 13 (35)
Correct as of 10 February 2022

Tevita Veicavuaki Ikanivere (born 6 September 1999) is a Fijian rugby union player, currently playing for the Mie Honda Heat in the Japanese Rugby League One (JRLO). His team position is hooker. [1]

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Professional career

Ikanivere was named in the Fijian Drua squad for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. [2] [3] He had previously represented the Drua in the 2019 National Rugby Championship. [4] Ikanivere is a Fiji international, having made his debut against Georgia in 2020. [5]

Nicknamed "Tex" by his teammate as an abbreviation of his first name, Ikanivere is a graduate of the development pathway in Fiji's HPU system being identified whilst being captain of his school's Queen Victoria School (Fiji) U18 rugby team and recruited into the Fiji Rugby Union High Performance Unit and then onto all Fiji age-grade teams Fiji U18, Fiji U20, Fiji Warriors, Fijian Latui before becoming a fully fledged professional with the Fijian Drua in the Super Rugby Pacific competition.

At the end of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season, which saw the Fijian Drua finish second-last on the season ladder, Ikanivere signed for Mie Honda Heat Japan Rugby League One ahead of the 2025–26 season. Ikanivere was one of three high-profile international players (alongside Franco Mostert and Pablo Matera) that were announced in the teams squad. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Tevita Ikanivere". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ↑ @Fijian_Drua (21 November 2021). "Bula! Vinaka (thank you) @SuperRugbyNZ! We love it here" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2021– via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Australian and Fijian Drua squads revealed for 2022 Super Rugby Pacific". Rugby Pass. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Seruvakula names his first traveling squad for NRC opener". Fiji Rugby. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Nadolo hat-trick leads Flying Fijians past Georgia". Autumn Nations Series. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Salalo-Baleiwai, Sereana (8 July 2025). "Ikanivere excited for Japan move". Fiji Sun .
  7. ↑ Matairakula, Talei (9 July 2025). "Off to Japan". The Fiji Times .
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