Ropate Rinakama

Rugby player

Ropate Rinakama

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
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Prop

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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[edit]

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[edit]

* List of Fiji national rugby union players

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Ropate Rinakama at ESPNscrum