Ratunaisa Navuma (born 20 November 1993) is a Fijian international
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player.
Biography
Navuma comes from the village of Tilivalevu, situated on the rugged hills outside
Sigatoka
Sigatoka ( ) is a town in Fiji. It is on the island of Viti Levu at the mouth of the Sigatoka River, for which it is named, some 61 kilometres from Nadi. Its population at the 2017 census was 17,622. It is the principal urban centre for the pr ...
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A hooker, Navuma gained his first
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
call up in 2017 for the end of year internationals in Europe, debuting for the Flying Fijians off the bench against Canada. He was capped a second time the following year in a home Test against Georgia.
Navuma played for
Fijian Drua
The Fijian Drua (currently known as the Swire, Swire Shipping Fijian Drua for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby union team based in Fiji that competes in the Super Rugby. The team was created by the Fiji Rugby Union and launched in ...
during the team's period competing in Australia's
National Rugby Championship
The National Rugby Championship, known as NRC, was an Australian rugby union competition. It was contested by eight teams, seven from Australia and one from Fiji. The tournament ran from 2014 until 2019 before being disbanded in 2020 following t ...
and serves as captain of Nadroga in domestic rugby. He has also played for the Tovolea club.
See also
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List of Fiji national rugby union players
List of Fiji national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Fiji national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a test match (rugby union), test match.
Note that the "position" column lists ...
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Fijian rugby union players
Fiji international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Nadroga-Navosa Province
Fijian Drua players
Rugby union hookers