Ravai grew up playing rugby in the backline. He played wing and centre. When he made it to provincial level, he started playing in the forwards as there was no place in the backline. He became Nadroga's starting prop and at times played on the flanks as well as in the backline. He has also played 7's rugby for Davetalevu. He joined the Fiji Barbarians team at the Uprising 7's tournament and helped them win the title.[1]
In February 2013, he was selected into the Fiji 7's team to replace the injured Josua Tuisova.[2] He made his international 7's debut at the 2013 USA Sevens. He is also Fiji's first international prop to play international 7's rugby for Fiji.
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Peni Ravai Kovekalou born 16 June 1990 is a Fijian rugby union player who currently plays at hooker and prop for the Flying Fijians and the Reds in Super Rugby He previously played for Southland in the Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand Aurillac in the Pro D2 and Bordeaux Begles and Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 He has also played at centre and on the wings Peni RavaiRavai representing Greater Sydney Rams in the 2014 National Rugby Championship October 2014Full namePeni Ravai KovekalouDate of birth 1990 06 16 16 June 1990 age 33 Place of birthVerata FijiHeight185 cm 6 ft 1 in Weight127 kg 280 lb 20 st 0 lb SchoolRatu Kadavulevu SchoolRugby union careerPosition s PropCurrent teamRedsSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2014Greater Sydney Rams4 0 2016Southland9 10 2017Aurillac12 15 2017 2020Bordeaux Begles43 50 2020 2022Clermont38 20 2023 Reds14 0 Correct as of 31 January 2023International careerYearsTeamApps Points 2013 2021Fiji37 20 2016Fiji Warriors4 0 Correct as of 31 January 2023National sevens teamYearsTeamComps2013Fiji1Correct as of 18 July 2021Career editRavai grew up playing rugby in the backline He played wing and centre When he made it to provincial level he started playing in the forwards as there was no place in the backline He became Nadroga s starting prop and at times played on the flanks as well as in the backline He has also played 7 s rugby for Davetalevu He joined the Fiji Barbarians team at the Uprising 7 s tournament and helped them win the title 1 In February 2013 he was selected into the Fiji 7 s team to replace the injured Josua Tuisova 2 He made his international 7 s debut at the 2013 USA Sevens He is also Fiji s first international prop to play international 7 s rugby for Fiji He was then recruited by Inoke Male the Fiji 15 s coach to join the team on their 2013 end of year rugby union internationals He made his debut off the bench at hooker against Romania In August 2014 he was signed by Greater Sydney Rams to join the newly created National Rugby Championship in Australia 3 He made his debut at hooker for the RAMS in October 4 In May 2015 he was named in the Fiji Warriors team to tour Uruguay in the 2015 mid year rugby union internationals 5 He started at Loosehead prop in the first match against Uruguay and kept his place in the starting XV a few days later when the Warriors faced Argentina Jaguars The Warriors won all their games on tour He was included in the Fiji side for the 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup He came off the bench against the Maori All Blacks in their one off test He then came off the bench against Tonga scoring a try in the 73rd minute to seal Fiji a win He started at Loose head prop against Samoa a week later In May 2016 he captained the Fiji Warriors side to a 2 match win against the Uruguay national team during the 2016 mid year rugby union internationals The same month he was signed by the Woodlands Rugby Club and would be in the hunt to make the Southland Stags side for the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup 6 In July 2016 he was included in the Southland Stags side for the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup 7 He made his debut against Otago in the first round In November 2016 he joined Fiji for the 2016 end of year rugby union internationals He came off the bench against England national rugby union team in the 5th minute after Campese Ma afu was taken off and gained metres with ball in hand He then started at loosehead against Japan and played just as well 8 He signed for Aurillac for the 2016 17 Rugby Pro D2 season playing 12 games and scoring 3 tries and his performance saw him getting signed by Bordeaux Begles in the Top 14 9 He was named in the Fiji team for the 2017 mid year rugby union internationals as well as the 2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup On 23 May 2020 Ravai signs for Top 14 rivals Clermont Auvergne ahead of the 2020 21 season 10 References edit Fiji Barbarians win the Uprising Beach Sevens ur7s 19 January 2013 Retrieved 29 May 2015 Bola Vuniwaqa 5 February 2013 20th new rep Ravai set for Vegas Fiji Sun Retrieved 29 May 2015 Greater Sydney Rams name NRC squad for 2014 The Roar 1 August 2014 Retrieved 29 May 2015 Team Changes as RAMs Ready for Quade Rams Rugby 2 October 2014 Retrieved 29 May 2015 Seruvakula Names Team to Uruguay The Jet newspaper 18 May 2015 Retrieved 29 May 2015 Fijian frontrower hunts Stags spot Stuff 17 May 2016 Retrieved 1 June 2016 Coach makes call to omit mate Stuff 15 July 2016 Retrieved 16 July 2016 On the radar Fiji Times Online fijitimes com Retrieved 28 November 2016 UBB Ravai dans les valises de Davidson beIN SPORTS Beinsports FR in French Retrieved 8 June 2017 Ravai to join Clermont FBC News 23 May 2020 Retrieved 29 January 2021 External links editPeni Ravai at ESPNscrum nbsp Peni Ravai at ItsRugby co uk nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peni Ravai amp oldid 1219217994, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
