Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara
Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara (27 June 1990) is an Fijan born Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Wing and he currently plays for Rovigo Delta in Top10.[1][2]
| Date of birth | 27 June 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Sigatoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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From 2017 to 2018, he played with Waikato in NPC and in 2017–18 season he moved to France to play with Espoirs squad of Bordeaux-Bègles. He played with Benetton in Pro14 and URC from 2018 to 2022.[3][4]
On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[5] On 15 November 2021, Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara was called up from the Italy A by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 35-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He made his debut against Uruguay.[6][7]
References
- "BENVENUTO ILIESA RATUVA TAVUYARA". Rugby Rovigo Delta (in Italian). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- "Iliesa RATUVA TAVUYARARugby – Player statistics – It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- "ILIESA RATUVA TAVUYARA E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby.
- "RATUVA TAVUYARA ALLA RUGBY ROVIGO DELTA SINO A FINE STAGIONE". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO LOVOTTI. QUATTRO AZZURRI AGGREGATI AL RADUNO DELL'ITALIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO TAVUYARA VERSO L'URUGUAY. RIENTRANO STEYN, TRAORE', BRUNO E MARIN". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- "Italy v Uruguay – Rugby Union". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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