Tabua Cakacaka
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Tabua Cakacaka is a professional rugby league
player. His position is prop/second row (190cm, 110kg). He left Fiji at the age of 17 years when he was scouted by the South Sydney Rabbitohs
. Since then he has held professional contracts in Australia, France and England.
in England, where he co-captained the team in 2008 to become Championship 1 winners. He was also prominent when the 2009 team set a record for reaching the quarter finals in the Challenge Cup
. Previous clubs are SM Pia XIII (Elite Championship, France), Newtown Jets
(Australia), Canberra Raiders
(NRL, Australia), Cootamunda (Australia), South Sydney Rabbitors (Australia), and Young RL (Australia).
Hunslet Hawks
(England), where he helped the team become the championship 1 winners in the 2010 season.
in the 2000 World Cup
where he scored one of two tries against eventual winners Australia (Lote Tuqui scored the other). He also set the record as the first try scorer against an unbeaten Australia in 2000.
He represented Fiji in the World Sevens
in Sydney in 2003 and captained the Fiji A side to a victory against Malta in 2004. He was been named in the Fiji training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
but did not make the final squad.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player. His position is prop/second row (190cm, 110kg). He left Fiji at the age of 17 years when he was scouted by the South Sydney Rabbitohs
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
. Since then he has held professional contracts in Australia, France and England.
Playing career
Cakacaka played for the Gateshead ThunderGateshead Thunder
Gateshead Thunder is a professional rugby league club based in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear in England. They currently play in the Championship 1 competition, the third tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom...
in England, where he co-captained the team in 2008 to become Championship 1 winners. He was also prominent when the 2009 team set a record for reaching the quarter finals in the Challenge Cup
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
. Previous clubs are SM Pia XIII (Elite Championship, France), Newtown Jets
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSWRL Premier League competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season...
(Australia), Canberra Raiders
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
(NRL, Australia), Cootamunda (Australia), South Sydney Rabbitors (Australia), and Young RL (Australia).
Hunslet Hawks
Hunslet Hawks
Hunslet Hawks is a professional rugby league club based in Hunslet, West Yorkshire, England. The club, sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium, are currently champions of Championship One.-History:-Early years:...
(England), where he helped the team become the championship 1 winners in the 2010 season.
Representative career
He represented FijiFiji national rugby league team
-Competitions:Fiji have participated in:*Pacific Cup *World Cup *World Sevens *Superleague World Nines *Superleague Oceania Tournament *Pacific Rim Competition -Results:...
in the 2000 World Cup
2000 Rugby League World Cup
The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and was held during October and November of that year in Great Britain, Ireland and France...
where he scored one of two tries against eventual winners Australia (Lote Tuqui scored the other). He also set the record as the first try scorer against an unbeaten Australia in 2000.
He represented Fiji in the World Sevens
Rugby League World Sevens
The Rugby League World Sevens, usually referred to as the World Sevens and sometimes as the World Cup Sevens, were a pre-season rugby league sevens tournament made up over the years primarily of New South Wales Rugby League , Australian Rugby League and mostly recently National Rugby League ...
in Sydney in 2003 and captained the Fiji A side to a victory against Malta in 2004. He was been named in the Fiji training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...
but did not make the final squad.