Savenaca Rawaca, OF (born 20 August 1991) is a Fijian

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. Renowned for his physicality and aggressiveness on the rugby field, he earned the nickname "Pitbull". He is currently playing for the

Fiji sevens The Fiji Sevens, also known as the Suva Sevens is an international rugby union sevens tournament held at the National Stadium in Suva, Fiji. It was a part of the Sevens World Series in 2000, but in the wake of the Fijian coup d'état later tha ...

team. Rawaca made his debut for at the

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. In August 2016, he was a part of the Fiji sevens men's rugby team that won a gold medal at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

Rawaca was born and raised in Navatu, Bua and he started his career playing rugby in the local sevens competition. He played for the Bua sevens team and was selected by Ben Ryan to represent the Fiji national sevens side in

Honours

Rawaca has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Fiji.

References

External links

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