Mikaele Ravalawa

Mikaele Ravalawa
Personal information
Born (1997-11-09) 9 November 1997
Fiji
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 St George Illawarra Dragons 0 0 0 0 48
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Fiji 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Mikaele Ravalawa is a Fijian rugby footballer who currently plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. He primarily plays as a centre or wing. He represents Fiji internationally.

Playing career

From Galoa Island, Ravalawa originally played rugby union and captained the Fijian under-18's rugby sevens side.

He then joined Burnside High School on a scholarship as part of their international rugby programme. He played for the schools first XV and the Crusaders' under-18 side.[2]

He then switched to rugby league after being spotted by Peter Mulholland, joining the Canberra Raiders in 2017 and played for their Holden Cup side. That season, Ravalawa scored 12 tries in 22 games and won Canberra's under 20s player of the year award.[3]

He was named in the Fijian side for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mikaele Ravalawa". Raiders.com/au. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Helmers, Caden (9 October 2017). "Mikaele Ravalawa chasing a dream with nothing more than a backpack". Canberratimes.com/au. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ravalawa still in shock after being named in Fiji Bati squad for RLWC". Fijivillage.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Helmers, Caden (7 October 2017). "Canberra Raiders young gun Mikaele Ravalawa named in Fiji's World Cup squad". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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