Amateur career While with the Warriors he occasionally turned out for the amateur club
Glasgow Hawks.
Professional career during a
Top 14 game in 2019|Nakarawa playing for
Racing 92 in 2019 He signed for
Glasgow Warriors in August 2013. Nakarawa moved to
Racing 92 after the World Cup. After his first season in France, Nakarawa was named in the Pro12 Dream Team at the end of the 2015/16 season. In December 2019 Racing 92 announced his contract had been terminated for "a total lack of team spirit and marked insubordination" and "abandoning his post' after he failed to return from World Cup duty on time. On 2 January 2020
Glasgow Warriors announced that they had signed Nakarawa on a contract to the end of the 2019-20 season. This was then extended to the following season. On Jan 27th 2021 he signed on a one year contract with
Pro14 side
Ulster that would have seen him play in Belfast from the start of the 2021-22 season. However this deal fell through on 10 June 2021 with the Ulster club stating "We can today confirm that, on receipt of a detailed medical report following an examination by the club at the weekend, Leone Nakarawa will no longer be joining Ulster Rugby for next season."
Toulon signed the player in June 2021.
International career The talented
Second-Row forward debuted for Fiji against Tonga at
Nuku'alofa on 13 June 2009. He played in the
Pacific Nations Cup for Fiji in 2010 and was one of Fiji's only bright sparks in their campaign at the
2011 Rugby World Cup. In 2011, New Zealand had to make an exemption to their ban on Fiji Military personnel entering the country in order for Nakarawa to play in the World Cup games. He later quit the army to focus fully on his rugby career. Nakarawa played for
Fiji Barbarians and resisted moves to France and England; not moving to Europe until signing his first professional contract with
Glasgow Warriors. After a hugely successful season, Nakarawa was selected to play for
Fijian national team at the
2015 Rugby World Cup in
England. He was subsequently named in the World Cup Dream Team at the end of the tournament. At the
2016 Summer Olympics, Nakarawa was part of the
Fiji team in
rugby sevens, where he scored a try in the final in a one-sided 43-7 victory over
Great Britain to claim the gold medal, which was also Fiji's first ever Olympic medal in any sport. ==Honours and awards==