Semi Radradra

Semi Radradra Turagasoli Waqavatu (born 13 June 1992) is a Fijian professional rugby union and rugby league footballer.

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

Nicknamed 'Semi Trailer', Radradra has played primarily as a wing in both codes.

He played for Fiji in sevens (rugby union) in 2011, then began his professional career playing rugby league for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League.

He played international rugby league for Fiji and Australia.

He is a rare dual-code double international as he has played international rugby league for 2 nations as well as playing international rugby union for Fiji.

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

Radradra played for the Parramatta 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 in Parramatta's 10–17 loss at Parramatta Stadium.

In round 20, against Canterbury-Bankstown, Radradra scored his first NRL try in Parramatta's 12–40 loss at ANZ Stadium.

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

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

In February, Radradra was selected in Parramatta's inaugural Auckland Nines squad and was the tournament's highest try scorer with five tries, alongside the North Queensland Cowboys' Kyle Feldt.

In round 1, against the New Zealand Warriors, Radradra scored a hat-trick in Parramatta's 36–16 win at Parramatta Stadium, earning the nickname Semi-Trailer.

In May, Radradra played for Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Samoa at in the 16–32 loss.

He was named 2014 Dally M Winger of the year.

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.

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

In round 1, against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, he scored a hat-trick of tries in Parramatta's 42–12 win at Parramatta Stadium.

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 two or more tries in five consecutive games when he scored his double in Parramatta's 28–16 win at ANZ Stadium.

The previous record was held by Ray Preston.

In the final round of the season against the Canberra Raiders, Radradra scored two tries in the Eels' golden-point 24–28 defeat to finish with 24 tries in 18 games, making him the top try-scorer of the season.

This was a club record, surpassing Steve Ella's previous record of 23 tries.

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, Radradra again played in the Auckland Nines.

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.

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".

However, while being eligible for Australia, he was ruled ineligible for New South Wales because he did not play junior football in the state before the age of 13.

His decision to switch over to play for Australia drew plenty of criticism in the lead-up to the 2016 Anzac Test.

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

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

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

On 4 June, Radradra re-signed with the Parramatta club on a four-year contract worth $1 million until the end of the 2018 season.

On 27 November 2019, it was announced he would be joining Bristol Bears ahead of the 2020/21 season.

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

Radradra hails from the village of Somosomo in Taveuni.