Raikabula has played rugby union for both Hawkes Bay[2] and Manawatu[3] in the Air New Zealand Cup.

He played ten years for the New Zealand sevens team from 2006–2016, retiring from international rugby shortly before the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, at the age of 33.

In November 2016 he was appointed as the head coach of Rugby at Trinity College Kandy, Sri Lanka.

[4] His services as the head coach of Rugby at Trinity College was discontinued effective from 2 June 2018.

[5] He is currently Head Coach of the Thailand Men's and Women’s 7s Team along with being Director of Rugby for the union[6]