Setareki "Seta" Tawake Naivaluwaqa (born 1 March 1969 in Kavala,

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) is a retired

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player, who was capped for

on 31 occasions. He played as

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or Number 8. He played in two Rugby World Cups. He was also a soldier Tawake played both 7's and 15's. He studied at Nasinu Secondary School and he represented them in both 7's and 15's rugby. He made his international debut in 15's against

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on 20 June 1992 in Suva. He represented the Fiji sevens starting in 1996, until helping them to win the 1998 Hong Kong sevens. He was also part of the Fiji team to the

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where he was part of the silver winning team. He later played represented Suva in the Digicel Cup but missed three seasons while on peacekeeping duties in the Middle East. He also played his rugby in Japan. He missed most of the 2000-01 international seasons to play for his club in Brisbane, where he was based from 1996. He re-joined to the Test side for the RWC qualifiers in June 2002 and went to the

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but didn't play any game.

After rugby

His memorable experience was when he played five Tests in a row during the 1999 World Cup where he played all his games for the full 80 minutes. He later coached the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tawake, Setareki 1969 births Fijian rugby union players Rugby union flankers Fiji international rugby union players Living people People from Kadavu Province Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rugby sevens Male rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Fiji Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 1999 Rugby World Cup players 2003 Rugby World Cup players Fiji international rugby sevens players