Savenaca Rawaca
| 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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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.
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
- Fiji international rugby union players
- Fijian rugby union players
- Fiji international rugby sevens players
- Officers of the Order of Fiji
- Rugby union players from Bua Province
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- Pacific Islanders rugby union players
- I-Taukei Fijian people
- Fijian people of I-Taukei Fijian descent
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji
- Olympic gold medalists for Fiji
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Saracens F.C. players
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players in England
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Stade Rochelais players
- AS Béziers Hérault players
- Aviron Bayonnais players
- Pacific Games gold medalists for Fiji
- Pacific Games medalists in rugby sevens