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Full name | Semi Radradra Turagasoli Waqavatu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Semi Trailer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suva, Fiji |
13 June 1992 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 26 August 2016 Source: |
Semi Radradra Turagasoli Waqavatu (born 13 June 1992) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He is a Fijian and Australian international representative winger.
Born in Suva, Fiji, but hailing from the village of Somosomo, Radradra played his junior football for the Vatukoula Rugby Union club, while he worked in the mines in Vatukoula. Radradra played in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship and for the Fiji national sevens side before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. Radradra played for the Eels NYC team in 2012 before moving on to their New South Wales Cup team the Wentworthville Magpies.
In Round 18, Radradra made his NRL debut for the Eels against the Penrith Panthers on the wing in the Eels 17-10 loss at Parramatta Stadium. In Round 20 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Radradra scored his first NRL try in the Eels 40-12 loss at ANZ Stadium. Radradra finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 7 matches and scoring 5 tries. Radradra was selected in the Fiji squad for the World Cup, playing in 3 matches and scoring 1 try, in the 34-12 loss to England.