Full name | Ratu Timoci Sauvoli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 August 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kadavu, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (236 lb; 16 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Natabua High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ratu Timoci Sauvoli (born 26 August 1991) is a Fijian rugby union player, currently playing for the Drua. His preferred position is prop. [1]
Sauvoli 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]
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