Ropate Rinakama

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

Ropate Rinakama

Date of birth	(1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 (age 37)
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	273 lb (124 kg)
School	Mount 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)

Biography

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

• List of Fiji national rugby union players