Tomasi Rabaka

Tomasi Rabaka
Birth name Tomasi Mawi Rabaka
Date of birth (1965-12-05)5 December 1965
Place of birth Waikete, Tailevu, Fiji
Date of death 24 July 2017(2017-07-24) (aged 51)
Place of death Vuniyasi, Nadi
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg)
Notable relative(s) Samisoni Rabaka (brother)
Spouse Ana[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1985-1989
1989-1992
1992		 St.Mary's
Brothers Rugby Club
Nadi Cavaliers		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991 Fiji 4 (24)

Tomasi Mawi Rabaka (Tailevu, 5 December 1965 – Nadi, 24 June 2017) was a Fijian rugby union player who played as a Fly-half. His brother is Samisoni Rabaka, who was also a Fijian international.

Career

Born in the Waikete village, in Tailevu, Rabaka is the fourth child in a family of 11. He started his rugby career playing for the St.Mary's Rugby Club in Nadi, before he joined Brothers Rugby Club in Votualevu. In 1992, he was also played for Nadi Cavaliers. For the Fiji national team, he first played during a test match against Samoa, in Apia, on 1 June 1991. Rabaka also took part at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, where he played only in the match against Romania, at Brive-la-Gaillarde, where he scored two drop goals, the first being was kicked from the halfway line and the second from the 10 metres line. His rugby career ended in 1993 at the age of 27, after he was involved in a hit and run accident.[2].

Death

On 24 June 2017, Rabaka died at the age of 51 after a long illness and was laid to rest in Vuniyasi, Nadi. is survived by his wife Ana, seven children and two grandchildren[3].

Notes

  1. ↑ Former Flying Fijian laid to rest
  2. ↑ Former Flying Fijian laid to rest
  3. ↑ Former Flying Fijian laid to rest


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