34 Facts About Semi Radradra

Semi Radradra Turagasoli-Waqavatu was born on 13 June 1992 and is a Fijian professional rugby union player, and former rugby league player.

Semi Radradra currently plays rugby union for the French club Lyon and the Fiji national team.

Semi Radradra played for Fiji in sevens in 2011, then began his professional career playing rugby league for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League.

Semi Radradra played international rugby league for Fiji and Australia.

Semi Radradra changed codes from rugby league to rugby union when he transferred to French club Toulon in 2017, before moving to Bordeaux Begles in 2018.

Semi Radradra made his international debut for Fiji in 2018 and played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

On 10 February 2023, Bristol Bears announced that Radradra would be leaving at the end of his three-year contract to join Lyon.

Semi Radradra played professional rugby union for the Vatukoula Rugby Union club, and was selected to represent the Fiji U20 team at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, playing at centre in four matches.

Later the same year, Semi Radradra represented the Fiji national rugby sevens team at the 2011 Dubai Sevens, where he was scouted by the Parramatta Eels.

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

Semi Radradra finished the 2013 season with five tries in seven appearances.

Semi Radradra was selected in the Fiji squad for the 2013 World Cup.

Semi Radradra was named 2014 Dally M Winger of the year.

Semi Radradra played in all of the Eels 24 matches and scored 19 tries.

Semi Radradra was awarded the Fiji Bati International Player of the Year Award.

At the start of the year, Semi Radradra played for Parramatta in the 2015 Auckland Nines.

Semi Radradra was the first player to score consecutive hat-tricks in the first round of two separate NRL seasons.

Semi Radradra was named the Dally M Winger of the Year, for the second year in a row, and was named on the wing in the 2015 RLIF Team of the Year, the first Fijian player to do so.

On 1 February 2016, Semi Radradra again played in the Auckland Nines.

On 6 May 2016, Semi Radradra made his debut for Australia against New Zealand in the Anzac Test.

In June 2016, Semi Radradra was charged with domestic violence which happened in 2014 and 2015 against his ex-partner and it was rumoured that he would not return to play for Parramatta.

Semi Radradra finished his highly published 2016 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 12 tries for the Eels.

In October 2016, Semi Radradra was overlooked from Mal Meninga's 24-man Australia Kangaroos 2016 Four Nations squad due to him being on trial for domestic violence charges.

Semi Radradra was the first Parramatta player to score four tries in match since Jarryd Hayne during the 2006 NRL season.

Semi Radradra scored his first try for the club in the European Rugby Champions Cup with his first touch of the game and just 62 seconds into the match on 21 October 2017, against Italian club Benetton.

On 2 February 2018, Semi Radradra signed a two-year deal with Top 14 team Bordeaux.

Semi Radradra was selected for the Barbarians to face England in May 2018.

In May 2018, Semi Radradra was named in coach John McKee's 2018 Pacific Nations Cup for Fiji.

Semi Radradra was named in the Fiji squad for the 2018 London Sevens tournament.

Semi Radradra made his Olympic debut representing Fiji at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Semi Radradra was named in the Fiji squad for the men's rugby sevens tournament during the 2020 Summer Olympics.

In early 2017, Semi Radradra was charged with two counts of domestic violence-related common assault toward his ex-partner.

Molan had publicly stated that Semi Radradra deserved the presumption of innocence, and rather than being specifically about his case, her comments were about what the NRL's stance ought to be in the event of domestic violence being found proven against a player.

Semi Radradra is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and married his wife in the Suva Fiji Temple in 2017.