Lekima Tagitagivalu
Full name | Lekima Tagitagivalu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 December 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ba, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 109 kg (240 lb; 17 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Tilak High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Ropate Ratu (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lekima Tagitagivalu (born 4 December 1995) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays at French Top 14 side Pau.[1][2][3][4]
Career
Club
Tagitagivalu spent a season at Aurillac Espoirs before joining Pau Espoirs in 2015. He went on to make his debut of the senior side in 2017, coming off the bench to score a try against Zebre Parma in the Challenge Cup.[5]
International
He featured for the Fiji under-20 side for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.
In 2022 he was invited to play for the Barbarians in a match against the All Blacks XV, he scored a try in the 35–31 win.[6]
In 2023 he was called up to the Fiji squad for the 2023 Pacific Nations Cup, after two strong performances against Tonga and Japan, Tagitagivalu was called up to the Fiji squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[7][8]
Honors
Fiji
References
- ^ "Lekima TAGITAGIVALU profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Lekima Vuda TAGITAGIVALU - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Lekima Tagitagivalu". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Lekima TAGITAGIVALU". www.section-paloise.com. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Challenge Cup - Match report Zebre vs Pau, le 21/10/2017". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Curuqara, Paulini. "Tagitagivalu shines in Barbarians' win". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Coupe du monde 2023 : la sélection des Fidji pour le Mondial avec Botia et Tuisova". SudOuest.fr (in French). 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Skippers, David (2023-08-08). "Waisea Nayacalevu to captain strong Fiji squad at Rugby World Cup 2023". PlanetRugby. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
External links
- Lekima Tagitagivalu at ItsRugby.co.uk
- CS1 French-language sources (fr)
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles using sports links with data from Wikidata
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Fijian rugby union players
- Section Paloise players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Rugby union flankers
- Fiji international rugby union players
- People from Ba Province