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Ropate Rinakama
Rugby player
Ropate Rinakama (born 17 January 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player.[1]
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| Date of birth | (1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 273 lb (124 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Mount Albert Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
- "Rinakama joins Fiji tour squad". NZ Herald. 17 October 2017.
- Milne, Jonathan (10 April 2022). "From rugby star to roadworker, the struggle recruiting to build NZ's critical infrastructure". Newsroom.
- "Warriors boss provides update on new signing". Kidderminster Shuttle. 5 November 2019.
- "Warriors sign international prop". Worcester News. 31 October 2019.