Esava Ratugolea

Esava Ratugolea (born 24 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1] Ratugolea was drafted by Geelong with their third pick and forty-third overall in the 2016 national draft.[2] Ratugolea made his debut in the three point win against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and kicked his first AFL goal.[3]

Esava Ratugolea
Ratugolea playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-07-24) 24 July 1998
Place of birth	Griffith, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 43, 2016 national draft
Debut	Round 1, 2018, Geelong vs. Melbourne, at MCG
Height	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Position(s)	Ruck / forward
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	17
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2017–	Geelong	28 (22)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2019 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ratugolea was born in Griffith, New South Wales. His parents are Fijian, and arrived in Australia a few years before his birth. At the age of six, Ratugolea moved to Cobram, Victoria. He only began playing football in 2011, after previously playing rugby and soccer. Ratugolea cost Geelong the game in round 3 2020 by punching the ball back into play when Tom Hawkins had the ball going through for a goal. This resulted in the cats losing by 2 points when they could've won by 4 points[4][5]