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Ropate Rinakama

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Ropate Rinakama
Date of birth (1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 (age 36)
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight273 lb (124 kg)
SchoolMount Albert Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–18 FC Grenoble 7 (0)
2019–20 Worcester Warriors 3 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013, 2019 North Harbour 7 (0)
2017–18 Northland 21 (5)
2021–22 Manawatu 6 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–18 Fiji 3 (0)

Ropate Rinakama (born 17 January 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player.[1]

Biography

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Born in Fiji, Rinakama took up a scholarship to finish his schooling at Auckland's Mount Albert Grammar School.[2]

A tighthead prop, Rinakama played provincial rugby in New Zealand for North Harbour, Northland and Manawatu. He also had stints in Europe as short-term injury cover at FC Grenoble in 2017-18 and the Worcester Warriors in 2019–20.[3]

Rinakama was capped twice during Fiji's 2017 end of year Northern Hemisphere tour and gained a third cap for the Flying Fijians against Samoa in a 2018 Pacific Nations Cup match in Suva.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rinakama joins Fiji tour squad". NZ Herald. 17 October 2017.
  2. ^ Milne, Jonathan (10 April 2022). "From rugby star to roadworker, the struggle recruiting to build NZ's critical infrastructure". Newsroom.
  3. ^ "Warriors boss provides update on new signing". Kidderminster Shuttle. 5 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Warriors sign international prop". Worcester News. 31 October 2019.
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