| Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara | |
| Birth Date: | 27 June 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Sigatoka |
| Height: | 1.86m (06.1feet) |
| Weight: | 1000NaN0 |
| Position: | Wing |
| Youthclubs1: | Grammar TEC RC |
| Years1: | 2015 |
| Clubs1: | King Country |
| Apps1: | 10 |
| Points1: | 50 |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Waikato |
| Apps2: | 15 |
| Points2: | 35 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Bordeaux-Bègles |
| Apps3: | – |
| Points3: | – |
| Years4: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Benetton Rugby |
| Apps4: | 56 |
| Points4: | 75 |
| Years5: | 2022–2023 |
| Apps5: | 13 |
| Points5: | 20 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Amatyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Amatteam1: | Old Boys |
| Repyears1: | 2021 |
| Repteam1: | Italy A |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 5 |
| Repyears2: | 2021 |
| Repteam2: | Italy |
| Repcaps2: | 1 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
| Clubupdate: | 25 Mar 2023 |
| Repupdate: | 20 Nov 2021 |
Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara (27 June 1990) is an Fijan born Italian rugby union player.His usual position is as a Wing and he currently plays for Valorugby Emilia in Serie A Elite.[1] [2]
From 2017 to 2018, he played with Waikato in NPC and in 2017–18 season he moved to France to play with Espoirs squad of Bordeaux-Bègles.He played with Benetton in Pro14 and URC from 2018 to 2022.[3] [4] In December 2022, he signed for Rovigo Delta in Top10 for the rest of 2022−23 season.[5] [6]
On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[7] On 15 November 2021, Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara was called up from the Italy A by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 35-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He made his debut against Uruguay.[8] [9]