1. Mikaele Ravalawa was born on 9 November 1997 and is a Fijian rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League and Fiji at the international level.
16 Facts About Mikaele Ravalawa
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Mikaele Ravalawa formerly played for the St George Illawarra Dragons.
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From Galoa Island, Ravalawa originally played rugby union and captained the Fijian Under-18's rugby sevens team.
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Mikaele Ravalawa joined Burnside High School in Christchurch on a scholarship as part of their international rugby programme.
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Mikaele Ravalawa played for the schools first XV and the Crusaders' Under-18 team.
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Mikaele Ravalawa then switched to rugby league after being spotted by Peter Mulholland, joining the Canberra Raiders in 2017 and played for their Holden Cup team.
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That season, Mikaele Ravalawa scored 12 tries in 22 games and won Canberra's under 20s player of the year award.
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Mikaele Ravalawa was named in the Fiji squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
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Mikaele Ravalawa joined the St George Illawarra Dragons and made 19 appearances for the club during the 2019 NRL season and finished as the club's top try scorer and became a crowd favourite at Kogarah and WIN Stadium.
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In 2020, Mikaele Ravalawa was awarded a penalty try in the club's first match of the season against the Wests Tigers.
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In June 2020, Mikaele Ravalawa re-signed with the club on a three-year deal, keeping him at St George Illawarra until at least the end of the 2023 season.
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Mikaele Ravalawa ended the season as the club's tied top try-scorer alongside Zac Lomax and Matthew Dufty, scoring 13 tries in the process.
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On 27 April, Mikaele Ravalawa was suspended for two matches after he was initially placed on report for an illegal shoulder charge during the club's loss to the Sydney Roosters in round 7 of the 2021 NRL season.
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Mikaele Ravalawa played 14 games for St George Illawarra in 2022 as the club finished 10th and missed the finals.
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On 12 July, Mikaele Ravalawa re-signed with St George Illawarra until the end of 2026.
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Mikaele Ravalawa played 12 games for St George Illawarra in the 2024 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table.