Semi Radradra

Semi Radradra
Personal information
Full name Semi Radradra [1]
Nickname Semi Trailer[2]
Born (1992-06-13) 13 June 1992
Suva, Fiji
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Parramatta Eels 89 72 1 0 290
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–14 Fiji 4 1 0 0 4
2016 World All Stars 1 1 0 0 4
2016 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
2016 Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
Rugby union
Position Centre, Wing, Fullback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Toulon 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–11 Fiji U20s
2011 Fiji 7s
As of 26 August 2016
Source: [3]

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. Radradra primarily plays a winger. Radradra is a Fijian and Australian international, Prime Minister's XIII and World All Stars representative .

Background

Born in Suva, Fiji, but hailing from the village of Somosomo,[4] 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.

Playing career

Radradra playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2013

Radradra played for the Parramatta Eels NYC team in 2012 before moving on to their New South Wales Cup team, the Wentworthville Magpies.[5]

2013

In round 18, Radradra made his NRL debut for the Eels against the Penrith Panthers on the wing in the Eels 10-17 loss at Parramatta Stadium.[6] In round 20, against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Radradra scored his first NRL try in the Eels 12-40 loss at ANZ Stadium.[7] 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,[8] playing in 3 matches and scoring a try in the 12-34 loss to England.[9]

2014

In February, Radradra was selected in the Eels inaugural Auckland Nines squad and was the tournament's highest try scorer with 5 tries, alongside the North Queensland Cowboys Kyle Feldt.[10] In round 1, against the New Zealand Warriors, Radradra scored a hat-trick in the Eels' 36-16 win at Parramatta Stadium, earning the nickname Semi-Trailer.[11][12] In May, Radradra played for Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Samoa at centre in the 16-32 loss.[13] On 4 June, Radradra re-signed with the Eels on a 4-year contract worth $1 million until the end of the 2018 season.[14] He was named 2014 Dally M Winger of the year.[15] Radradra played in all of the Eels 24 matches and scored 19 tries. He was awarded the Fiji Bati International Player of the Year Award.

2015

At the start of the year, Radradra again played for the Eels in the Nines.[16] In round 1, against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, he scored a hat-trick of tries in the Eels' 42-12 win at Parramatta Stadium.[17] Radradra was the first player to score consecutive hat-tricks in the first round of two separate NRL seasons. In round 17, against the West Tigers, he broke a 61-year-old record by becoming the first player to score 2 or more tries in 5 consecutive games when he scored his double in the Eels' 28-16 win at ANZ Stadium.[18] The previous record was held by Ray Preston.[19] In the final round of the season against the Canberra Raiders, Radradra scored 2 tries in the Eels' golden-point 24-28 loss to finish with 24 tries in 18 games, making him the top try-scorer of the season.[20] This was a club record, surpassing Steve Ella's previous record of 23 tries.[21] Radradra was named the Dally M Winger of the Year, for the second year in a row,[22] and was named on the wing in the 2015 RLIF Team of the Year, the first Fijian player to do so.

2016

On 1 February 2016, Radradra again played in Auckland Nines.[23] On 13 February, he played for the World All Stars against the Indigenous All Stars in the 2016 All Stars match, playing on the wing and scoring a try in his team's 12-8 win at Suncorp Stadium.[24][25][26] Early into the 2016 season, he declared that he wanted to play international football for Australia after he found out he was qualified for Australia on residency grounds, so he changed allegiances from Fiji, commenting "I want to be known as the best Fijian rugby player around the world and I want to be playing the top teams," Radradra said. "I want to play alongside all the big names. That's how I made my decision and Australia is the right team for me to showcase my talent".[27] However, while being eligible for Australia, he was ruled ineligible for New South Wales because he didn't play junior football in the state before the age of 13.[28] His decision to switch over to play for Australia drew plenty of criticism in the lead-up to the 2016 Anzac Test.[29] On 6 May 2016, Radradra made his debut for Australia against New Zealand in the Anzac Test.[30] He played on the wing and was sin-binned early into the match for a professional foul in the 16-0 win at Hunter Stadium.[31] In June 2016, Radradra was charged with domestic violence which happened in 2014 and 2015 against his ex-partner and it was rumoured that he wouldn’t return to play for Parramatta.[32][33] Radradra finished his highly published 2016 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 12 tries for the Eels. On 24 September 2016, Radradra played in the Prime Minister’s XIII team against Papua New Guinea, where he played on the wing and scored a try in the 58-0 win in Port Moresby.[34] In October 2016, Radradra was overlooked from Mal Meninga’s 24-man Australia Kangaroos squad due to him being on trial for his domestic violence charges.[35]

2017

In early 2017, Radradra was charged with 2 counts of domestic-violence related common assault toward his ex-partner Perina Ting.[36]

In early May the charges where drop when in court it came out that Perina Ting was lying in an attempt to blackmail Radradra.[37]

On 11 January 2017, it was revealed by Radradra's manager that he had signed a 2-year contract with rugby union side Toulon, starting at the conclusion of the 2017 NRL season.[38] In round 2, against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Radradra scored a career best 4-tries in the 34-16 victory at WIN Stadium. Radradra was the first player to score 4 tries in match since Jarryd Hayne during the 2006 NRL season.[39]

References

  1. ↑ Posted: 10 October 2013 by Madame H (2013-10-10). "Fiji Announce Rugby League World Cup Squad | NRL". Triple M. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Eric Grothe Predicts Semi Radradra Will Bounce Back Quick From Injury". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Semi Radradra - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  4. ↑ Adrian Proszenko (25 June 2016). "Semi Radradra wants to emulate Sonny Bill Williams, says NRL star's former partner". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Daniel Lane. "NRL: Penrith beat Parramatta 17-10". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  7. ↑ Michael Carayannis. "Plenty of points but patience missing for Bulldogs, says Hasler". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150518114432/http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2013/09/civoniceva-wes-naiqama-to-lead-fiji-bati/32752. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ Bott, Richard (2013-11-09). "England 34 Fiji 12 - Rugby League World Cup 2013: report | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  10. ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  11. ↑ "Semi Radradra Vai Toutai Inspire Electric Eels to Win Over Warriors". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  12. ↑ Daniel Lane (2014-05-29). "Semi Radradra too valuable for Eels to lose, says Ken Sio". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  13. ↑ "Gutsy Samoa Secures Place in Four Nations Tournament". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  14. ↑ "Semi Radradra Agrees to Four Year Deal with Parramatta Eels". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  15. ↑ Michael Carayannis. "Dally M 2014: Johnathan Thurston, Jarryd Hayne named first joint winners". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  16. ↑ "EELS NAME 2015 NINES SQUAD". Rugby League Week. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  17. ↑ "Anthony Watmough in the Thick of it as Parramatta Thrash Manly 42-12". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  18. ↑ "Semi Radradra Looms as Eric Grothe Reincarnate After Try Scoring Feats". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  19. ↑ "Parramatta Eels winger Semi Radradra bags another double in rout of Wests Tigers". Stuff.co.nz. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  20. ↑ "Semi Radradra Breaks Dteve Ella's Eels Points Coring Record". The Australian. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  21. ↑ "Raiders steal golden point victory". NRL.com. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  22. ↑ "Dally M 2015 : Every Award Winner Including Team of the Year". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  23. ↑ "Eels name 2016 Nines squad". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  24. ↑ "Teams named for NRL All Stars match". NRL.com. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  25. ↑ "World All Stars defeat Indigenous All Stars 12-8 at Suncorp Stadium". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  26. ↑ "World All Stars beat Indigenous All Stars 12-8 at Lang Park as ARL Commission chairman John Grant confirms clash's future - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  27. ↑ Brad Walter (2016-05-02). "Why Semi Radradra believes playing for Australia will make him a hero in Fiji". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  28. ↑ "Parramatta Eels' Semi Radradra dismisses reports he wants to leave NRL over State of Origin eligibility - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  29. ↑ Daniel Lane. "Australia coach Mal Meninga says Fijian flier Semi Radradra is a true blue Kangaroo". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  30. ↑ "UPDATED: Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  31. ↑ "Home | Live Scores & Latest News". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  32. ↑ Press, Australian Associated (30 June 2016). "Semi Radradra taken into custody after domestic violence allegations" – via The Guardian.
  33. ↑ "NRL 2016: Eels winger Semi Radradra has leave extended by Parramatta". 29 June 2016.
  34. ↑ "Report, pictures: PM’s XIII smashes PNG".
  35. ↑ "Andrew Fifita and Semi Radradra overlooked by Roos due to off-field problems".
  36. ↑ Kembrey, Melanie (2017-02-13). "Eels star Semi Radradra pushed partner into wall causing her to black out: court". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  37. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/eels/nrl-star-semi-radradra-faces-court-on-domestic-violence-charges/news-story/af55d4123103a64d22164517001d48a0
  38. ↑ "Semi Radradra to Toulon: Parramatta Eels winger to leave at end of 2017 NRL season". 11 January 2017.
  39. ↑ "NRL: Dragons v Eels score result, Michael Jennings, Semi Radradra". 12 March 2017.
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