Iva Lewis Ropati[3] is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and high school principal.
He played at representative level for New Zealand, Auckland and Taranaki, and at club level for the Otahuhu Leopards, the Te Atatu Roosters, the Mangere East Hawks, the Sheffield Eagles, Featherstone Rovers, Oldham, the Parramatta Eels, the Auckland Warriors and the Manurewa Marlins, as a centre.
[4] He grew up playing for the Otahuhu Leopards before moving to the Te Atatu Roosters where he won a Fox Memorial premiership.
Iva Ropati played at centre and scored a try in Featherstone Rovers' 14-20 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1989 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1989–90 season at Headingley, Leeds on Sunday 5 November 1989.
[10] His family is famous in rugby league circles and includes brothers Joe, Peter, Tea and Romi.