Lote Raikabula

Lote Raikabula

Birth name	Lote Raikabula
Date of birth	(1983-07-31) 31 July 1983
Place of birth	Fidschi
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Utility back Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Manawatu () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–present New Zealand Sevens team
Medal record Representing Neuseeland Men's Rugby sevens Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team competition 2010 Delhi Team competition

Lote Raikabula (born 31 July 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is a New Zealand rugby player who has played both Rugby Union and Rugby sevens. He currently plays for the All Blacks Sevens team in the IRB Sevens World Series & is the Rugby coach for Trinity College, Kandy. He has played more than 60 tournaments since his debut in 2006, playing in 20 tournament-winning teams. With five IRB Sevens World Series medals, a Rugby World Cup Sevens title and two Commonwealth Games gold medals he is arguably New Zealand Sevens' most successful player.

Raikabula has played Rugby Union for both Hawkes Bay and Manawatu in the Air New Zealand Cup.

In November 2016 he was appointed as the head coach of Rugby at Trinity College Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Career highlights

• New Zealand Sevens 2006–present
• Hawke's Bay 2006, 2007
• East Coast 2005
• Wellington Sevens 2002–2005
• Wellington Under 21 2003