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==Career==
Savenaca Rawaca was born and raised in Navatu, Kubulau in the province of [[Bua Province|Bua]]. Rawaca grew up in Navatu an Island on the Southern West of Vanualevu, a 4-5 hours drive from Savusavu Town.<ref name=sw>{{cite web|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=307861
 
Rawaca a school drop out at the age of 11 whereby an incident with one of the school headmasters for belting student left Rawaca with no choice but to dropped out of school. |title=Bua bullets return |author=Serafina Silaitoga |date=30 May 2015 |accessdate=18 December 2015 |publisher =[[Fiji Times]]}}</ref> and he started his career playing rugby in the local 7's competition. He played for the Bua 7's Team<ref name=sw/> and was selected by [[Ben Ryan (rugby union)|Ben Ryan]] to represent the Fiji National Sevens side in [[2014 Gold Coast Sevens]].
Navatu island mostly rely on the sea as a soource of living.
Rawaca a school drop out at the age of 11 whereby an incident with one of the school headmasters for belting student left Rawaca with no choice but to dropped out of school. |title=Bua bullets return |author=Serafina Silaitoga |date=30 May 2015 |accessdate=18 December 2015 |publisher =[[Fiji Times]]}}</ref> and he started his career playing rugby infor the[[Kuinivuaka localRugby 7'sClub]] competition.before Hehe playedlater foron themoved Buato 7's Team<ref name=sw/>[[Nadroga]] and was selected by [[Ben Ryan (rugby union)|Ben Ryan]] to represent the Fiji National Sevens side in [[2014 Gold Coast Sevens]] after a blistfull successful campaign for Nadroga 15's Team.
 
==Early Career==
Savenaca Rawaca or Save a typical island boy was educated at [[Kubulau District School]] [[Bua Province|Bua]]. An incident with one of the school Head masters left Rawaca with no choice but to dropped out of school at the age of 11. Rugby was considered an amateur sports back in [[Bua Province|Bua]] where a lot of his uncle, relatives and fellow villages played sevens rugby as a form of socialising and interaction between other villages within the District of Kubulau on a social scale level.
 
In 2003 At the age of 12 his first rugby club was the [[Kuinivuaka Rugby Club]], The club is formed by the 3 Villages on the Southern Coast of Bua mainly of Navatu, Namalata and Raviravi. The Kuinivuaka normally participate on the domestic sevens competition within the Bua,Cakaudrove West and Macuata region. Rawaca a winger the very youngest on the team proves that he can rub shoulders with players older than him.
 
One of his trademark skills growing up is the '''stiff-arm fend''' (known as a '''hand off''' or '''fend off'''.
 
He later moved to Nadroga in 2009 to stay with an uncle residing in Nadroga. where his rugby skills were fine tuned, crafted, discipline and molded to where he is today.
 
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