| Date of birth | (1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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". He is currently playing for the Fiji sevens team. 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
Rawaca was born and raised in Navatu, Bua and he started his career playing rugby in the local sevens competition. He played for the Bua sevens team 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.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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
- Savenaca Rawaca at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Savenaca Rawaca at European Professional Club Rugby
- Savenaca Rawaca at ESPNscrum
- Savenaca Rawaca at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Savenaca Rawaca at Olympics.com
- Savenaca Rawaca at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Savenaca Rawaca at ESPNscrum
- Savenaca Rawaca at Zimbio
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- 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