Semi Tadulala
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Semi Tadulala is a Fijian professional rugby league
football winger for English club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
. 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
.
. 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
.
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.
match with many other Wakefield Wildcats players to raise money for the Adam Watene
Fund against Wakefield St Michaels on Sunday 9 August 2009.
's European tour, Gloucester Rugby announced the signing of Tadulala on a short term contract. 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.
On 1 July 2011, Semi resigned for his old club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
until the end of the season.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
football winger for English club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
. He has also played for Gloucester Rugby and Leeds Carnegie at rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
. A Fiji international representative at rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
and rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, he previously played in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
for Australia's Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
club, and in Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
for England's Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
.
Playing career
Tadulala Played for Fiji in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup2000 Rugby League World Cup
The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and was held during October and November of that year in Great Britain, Ireland and France...
. 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
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...
.
Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
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.
Outside Rugby
Tadulala took part in a charity cricketCricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
match with many other Wakefield Wildcats players to raise money for the Adam Watene
Adam Watene
Adam Watene was a Cook Islands rugby league player. He played as a prop for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Bradford Bulls, Castleford Tigers and represented the Cook Islands.-Career:...
Fund against Wakefield St Michaels on Sunday 9 August 2009.
Gloucester
On 25 January 2010, following the conclusion of FijiFiji national rugby union team
The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...
's European tour, Gloucester Rugby announced the signing of Tadulala on a short term contract. However, in early May 2010, head coach Bryan Redpath
Bryan Redpath
Bryan William Redpath is a former rugby union player, and a member of the Scottish line of scrum-halves that include Gary Armstrong, Roy Laidlaw, Alan Lawson, Chris Cusiter and Mike Blair. Bryan attended Kelso High School in Kelso, Scottish Borders.Redpath won 60 caps playing for Scotland,...
announced on BBC Radio Gloucestershire
BBC Radio Gloucestershire
BBC Radio Gloucestershire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Gloucestershire, which started on 3 October 1988. It broadcasts from its studios in London Rd, Gloucester on 95 , 95.8 , 104.7 FM, 1413 in the Cotswolds & Forest of Dean AM and over the internet.-Transmitters:The...
that Tadulala was to be released at the end of the 2009/10 season.
Leeds Carnegie
On 1 June 2010 it was announced that Tadulala has signed a 2 year deal with Leeds Carnegie.On 1 July 2011, Semi resigned for his old club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
until the end of the season.