Ro Alifereti Raivalita Doviverata (born 14 June 1976 in

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) is a

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footballer. He plays as a Flanker or a No. 8. His nickname is Dovi. He is from a chiefly background and his father is one of the chiefs of

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. He first played for Fiji in Sevens. A Fiji schoolboy rep in 1993 and 1995, he first played for the

sevens team in 1996 before spending one season with

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. He played in the opening two IRB sevens tournaments of the 2000-01 season. He made his debut for Fiji against

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in 1999. He missed out on the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens in

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but was picked by the former

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and at that time coach of

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to be part of the

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Fiji team that year. He then earned a regular starting place in the loose forwards under late coach Greg Smith in 2000-01. He took over as national 15s skipper for the November 2001 tour of Europe. Under

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, Dovi cemented his place as No. 8, and was named the captain against

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in July 2003 and shortly after that he was made captain of the Fiji team to the

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. He played for and co-captained the

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in their inaugural tour to

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and

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. In May 2007, he was chosen to skipper the Fiji team for the 2007 Pacific Nations Cup.

Fiji team

* 35 caps 5 tries 25 points (43 games 5 tries) ** Pacific Islanders * 2 caps (4 games)

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* * 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Suva Fijian rugby union players Rugby union flankers Fiji international rugby union players Fijian chiefs Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji Male rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Fiji Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub