Savenaca Rawaca (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 apart of the Fiji 7's men's rugby team that won a Gold medal in Men's sevens rugby at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Career
Savenaca Rawaca was born and raised in Navatu, Bua[6] and he started his career playing rugby in the local 7's competition. He played for the Bua 7's Team[6] and was selected by Ben Ryan to represent the Fiji National Sevens side in 2014 Gold Coast Sevens.
On 13 January 2016, Rawaca signed a 'multi year' professional contract with English club Saracens in the Aviva Premiership from the 2016–17 season.[7]
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.
- ^ a b Serafina Silaitoga (30 May 2015). "Bua bullets return". Fiji Times. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ "Saracens sign Fiji Sevens star Savenaca Rawaca". The Daily Mail. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.