Temo Mayanavanua

Listed as a flanker for the Fijian Drua, Temo Mayanavanua is a Fijian forward born on 9 November 1997. At 28, he is part of the Drua squad in Super Rugby Pacific, the competition the franchise joined in 2022 and the highest level of professional rugby played on Fijian soil. Mayanavanua's profile in the Drua pack has been built on the physical, mobile back-row template that defines Fijian rugby — high-tempo defensive work, athletic carrying and breakdown contributions in a side that prefers to spread the ball wide. He is part of a Drua forward group that has matured alongside the franchise itself, with the squad gradually retaining and recycling its experienced forwards as the project has moved past its inaugural seasons. Mayanavanua sits comfortably within that experienced cohort and remains a familiar face in Drua matchday squads, and his game profile suits the Drua's preference for forwards who can connect tight phase work with ball-in-hand involvements out beyond the ruck. Inside a competition where the Drua have steadily lifted their physical baseline, his experience over multiple seasons has become part of the franchise's back-row identity rather than an incidental contribution to it.