Tevita Ratuva

Tevita Kasikasi Ratuva (born 8 May 1995)[1] is a Fijian rugby player for Scarlets in the Pro14.

Tevita Ratuva
Birth nameTevita Kasikasi Ratuva
Date of birth (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995
Place of birthYadua, Nadroga
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight18 st 2 lb (254 lb; 115 kg)
SchoolCuvu College, Lelean Memorial School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Scarlets
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Brisbane City 2 (0)
2018–2019 Bordeaux 0 (0)
2019–2021 Scarlets 21 (5)
2021– Brive 31 (10)
Correct as of 23 March 2021
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018 Fiji Warriors
2019 Fiji 11 (5)
Correct as of 25 September 2019

Ratuva played for Brisbane City in Australia's 2017 National Rugby Championship.[2] In 2018 he was part of the Fiji Warriors side which won the 2018 World Rugby Pacific Challenge, in competition with Junior Japan, Samoa A and Tonga A.[3] In the summer of 2018 Ratuva moved to Bordeaux but suffered a broken leg and did not play for the club in the 2018-19 Top 14 season, in March 2019 he returned to action for Bordeaux's Espoirs side.[4]

He made his debut for the Fijian team in a non-capped match against the Māori All Blacks in July 2019.[5] His test debut came against Canada on 3 August 2019 in Suva, Fiji.[6]

In August 2019 he was named in Fiji's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[7]

On 24 September 2019, the Scarlets of the Pro14 announced Ratuva's signature for the forthcoming season. He joined the Welsh side after that year's World Cup.[8]

On 13 January 2021, it was announced that Ratuva would return to France to join Top 14 side Brive ahead of the 2021-22 season.[9]

References
  1. "ESPN profile". ESPN. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. "itsrugby profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. "Fiji Warriors crowned Pacific Challenge champions". World Rugby. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. "UBB : Ratuva a joué son premier match avec les espoirs". sudouest (in French). 31 March 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. "Tevita Ratuva to debut tomorrow against Maori All Blacks". Fiji Sun. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  6. "Fiji (19) 38 - 13 (13) Canada (FT)". ESPN. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  7. "'They must not let this opportunity slip by': Fiji's official World Cup squad has been announced". RugbyPass. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. "Scarlets sign Fiji World Cup lock Tevita Ratuva". Scarlets. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  9. "Tevita Ratuva: Fiji second-row to leave Scarlets and join Brive". BBC Sport. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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