Savenaca Rawaca (born 20 August 1991) is a Fijian rugby union player.[1][2] He is currently playing for the Fiji sevens[3][4] team. Rawaca made his debut for Fiji 7s at the 2014 Gold Coast Sevens.
Career
Savenaca Rawaca was born and raised in Navatu, Kubulau in the province of Bua. Rawaca grew up in Navatu an Island on the Southern West of Vanualevu, a 4-5 hours drive from Savusavu Town.[5] he started his career playing rugby for Kuinivuaka Rugby Club before he later on moved to Nadroga and was selected by 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. 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 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 plus basic footwork now personalized and customized by him.
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.
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.
- ^ Serafina Silaitoga (30 May 2015). [http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=307861
Navatu island mostly rely on the sea as a soource of living. "Bua bullets return"]. Fiji Times. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
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