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.
| Date of birth | 20 August 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career edit
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 edit
Rawaca has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Fiji.[7]
References edit
- ^ World Rugby Sevens Series (4 December 2015). "FIJI 7S Squads". Retrieved 18 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rusiate Baleilevuka (3 June 2015). "Rawaca turns down major offers from renowned clubs". Fiji Village. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Shalveen Chand (20 May 2015). "Ryan picks Rawaca". Fiji Times. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Vashneel Prasad (28 May 2015). "Savenaca Rawaca a prominent member for the Vodafone Flying Fijians". Fiji One. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Vuniwaqa Bola-Bari (March 3, 2016). "Ravouvou, Rawaca in top form". Fiji Times.
- ^ a b Serafina Silaitoga (30 May 2015). "Bua bullets return". Fiji Times. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ "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)
External links edit
- Savenaca Rawaca at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series
- Savenaca Rawaca at ESPNscrum
- Savenaca Rawaca at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Savenaca Rawaca at Olympics.com
- Savenaca Rawaca at Olympedia
- Savenaca Rawaca at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Savenaca Rawaca at ESPNscrum
- Savenaca Rawaca at Zimbio
