Tevita Ratuva
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Birth name | Tevita Kasikasi Ratuva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yadua, Nadroga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 18 st 2 lb (254 lb; 115 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Cuvu College, Lelean Memorial School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tevita Kasikasi Ratuva (born 8 May 1995)[1] is a Fijian rugby player for Scarlets in the Pro14.
Ratuva played for Brisbane City in Australia's 2017 National Rugby Championship.[2] In 2018 he was part of the Fiji Warriors side which won the 2018 World Rugby Pacific Challenge, in competition with Junior Japan, Samoa A and Tonga A.[3] In the summer of 2018 Ratuva moved to Bordeaux but suffered a broken leg and did not play for the club in the 2018-19 Top 14 season, in March 2019 he returned to action for Bordeaux's Espoirs side.[4]
He made his debut for the Fijian team in a non-capped match against the Māori All Blacks in July 2019.[5] His test debut came against Canada on 3 August 2019 in Suva, Fiji.[6]
In August 2019 he was named in Fiji's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[7]
On 24 September 2019, the Scarlets of the Pro14 announced Ratuva's signature for the forthcoming season. He joined the Welsh side after that year's World Cup.[8]
On 13 January 2021, it was announced that Ratuva would return to France to join Top 14 side Brive ahead of the 2021–22 season.[9]
References
- ^ "ESPN profile". ESPN. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "itsrugby profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Fiji Warriors crowned Pacific Challenge champions". World Rugby. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "UBB : Ratuva a joué son premier match avec les espoirs". sudouest (in French). 31 March 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Tevita Ratuva to debut tomorrow against Maori All Blacks". Fiji Sun. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Fiji (19) 38 - 13 (13) Canada (FT)". ESPN. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "'They must not let this opportunity slip by': Fiji's official World Cup squad has been announced". RugbyPass. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Scarlets sign Fiji World Cup lock Tevita Ratuva". Scarlets. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Tevita Ratuva: Fiji second-row to leave Scarlets and join Brive". BBC Sport. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
External links
- Tevita Ratuva at ESPNscrum
- Tevita Ratuva at ItsRugby.co.uk
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