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 Valorugby Emilia in Serie A Elite.^[1][2]

Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara

Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara 2023
Date of birth	(1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Sigatoka
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Current team Valorugby Emilia Youth career Grammar TEC RC Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2015–2016 Old Boys () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2015 King Country 10 (50) 2016–2017 Waikato 15 (35) 2017–2018 Bordeaux-Bègles – (–) 2018–2022 Benetton Rugby 56 (75) 2022–2023 Rovigo Delta 13 (20) 2023– Valorugby Emilia () Correct as of 25 Mar 2023 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2021 Italy A 1 (5) 2021 Italy 1 (0) Correct as of 20 Nov 2021

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] In December 2022, he signed for Rovigo Delta in Top10 for the rest of 2022−23 season.^[5][6]

On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.^[7] 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.^[8][9]

References

1. "Iliesa RATUVA TAVUYARARugby – Player statistics – It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
2. "ARRIVA A REGGIO EMILIA ILIESA RATUVA TAVUYARA". Valorugby Emilia. 20 June 2023.
3. "ILIESA RATUVA TAVUYARA E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby.
4. "RATUVA TAVUYARA ALLA RUGBY ROVIGO DELTA SINO A FINE STAGIONE". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
5. "BENVENUTO ILIESA RATUVA TAVUYARA". Rugby Rovigo Delta (in Italian). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
6. "LA RUGBY ROVIGO SALUTA 11 GIOCATORI". Rugby Rovigo Delta. 8 June 2023.
7. "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO LOVOTTI. QUATTRO AZZURRI AGGREGATI AL RADUNO DELL'ITALIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
8. "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO TAVUYARA VERSO L'URUGUAY. RIENTRANO STEYN, TRAORE', BRUNO E MARIN". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
9. "Italy v Uruguay – Rugby Union". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

External links

• It's Rugby England Profile