Ropate Rinakama
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| Born | 17 January 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 273 lb (124 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Mount Albert Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ropate Rinakama (born 17 January 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player.[1]
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]