Ropate Rinakama

Ropate Rinakama is a Fijian rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Fiji, Rinakama took up a scholarship to finish his schooling at Auckland's Mount Albert Grammar School.
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.
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.