Semi Tadulala
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| Tadulala while representing Fiji at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup | ||||||
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| Born | 3 March 1978 Suva, Fiji |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||
| Weight | 14 st 10 lb (93 kg) | |||||
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| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2001–03 | Melbourne Storm | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2004–07 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 84 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| 2008–09 | Bradford Bulls | 49 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
| 2011– | Keighley Cougars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 150 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 300 | |
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2000–08 | Fiji | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2009–2010 | Gloucester Rugby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Leeds Carnegie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2009 | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 27 September 2009 | ||||||
Semi Tadulala (born 3 March 1978) is a Fijian professional rugby league football winger for English club Keighley Cougars. Signed on 17 December 2011, Tadulala will continue to work in an off-field capaicty for previous club Wakefield while on match terms at Cougar Park. He has also played for Gloucester Rugby and Leeds Carnegie at rugby union. A Fiji international representative at rugby league and rugby union, he previously played in the National Rugby League for Australia's Melbourne Storm club, and in Super League for England's Bradford Bulls.
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[edit] Playing career
Tadulala Played for Fiji in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. His first club was the Melbourne Storm whom he played with until 2003.
He then moved to Wakefield. Gloucester Rugby union club tried to sign him but the deal fell through and he returned to Wakefield, although he missed much of the 2006/2007 season with an arm injury. It was announced in August 2007 that he would leave Wakefield.
He was named in the Fiji training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[1][2][3]
[edit] Bradford Bulls
Tadulala signed for the Bradford Bulls in September 2007. He scored eight tries, including two hat-tricks, for the Bulls in his first eight games. He ended his first season with Bulls as the club's leading tryscorer for the 2008 campaign. He signed a new one year deal for the 2009 season.[4]
[edit] Outside Rugby
Tadulala took part in a charity cricket match with many other Wakefield Wildcats players to raise money for the Adam Watene Fund against Wakefield St Michaels on Sunday 9 August 2009.
[edit] Gloucester
On 25 January 2010, following the conclusion of Fiji's European tour, Gloucester Rugby announced the signing of Tadulala on a short term contract.[5] However, in early May 2010, head coach Bryan Redpath announced on BBC Radio Gloucestershire that Tadulala was to be released at the end of the 2009/10 season.
[edit] Leeds Carnegie
On 1 June 2010 it was announced that Tadulala has signed a 2 year deal with Leeds Carnegie.[6]
On 1 July 2011, Semi resigned for his old club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats until the end of the season.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bati pencil in new Newcastle pace ace Uate". Fiji Times Online. 1 August 2008. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=96697. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
- ^ "Fijian preliminary squad". RLWC08.com. 6 August 2008. http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/08/06/fijian-preliminary-squad.aspx. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 8 October 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7658506.stm. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ "Tadulala agrees Bulls deal". Sky Sports. 1 October 2008. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_4218181,00.html. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
- ^ "Semi Tadulala signs for Gloucester Rugby". Gloucester Rugby. 25 January 2010. http://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/5734.php. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ^ "Semi Tadulala signs for Leeds Carnegie". Leeds Carnegie. 1 June 2010. http://www.leedscarnegie.com/news/11051.php. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ "Semi signs for Wildcats". Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. 1 July 2011. http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news/semi-signs-for-wildcats/2011/07/. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
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