Ravai Fatiaki
Ravai Fatiaki (born 1 March 1987) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby. He made his international debut for Fiji in 2009 against Japan.
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| Date of birth | 1 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Nausori, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16.1 st; 225 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Lelean Memorial School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He plays as a centre or fly-half.
Along with Iliesa Keresoni, Fatiaki was a member of the 2006 Lelean Memorial School Under 19 Dream Team that won the Fiji Secondary Schools' Rugby Union championship Deans Trophy.
Fatiaki was a member of the Fiji squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Ravai is the younger brother of Fred Fatiaki, who coached the current Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports, Iliesa Delana to a first Gold medal win for Fiji and the Pacific at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Fatiaki has since joined the British Army playing professional Rugby for the Army and appeared in the starting line up of the 2017 Army v Navy. On 9 November 2017 Fatiaki was named on the bench for Leicester Tigers in their Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Bath.[2]
References
- "FijiRugby.com - Ravai Fatiaki". web page. Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- "Leicester Tigers give senior debuts to three academy graduates". 9 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.