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