Seru Uru

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Seru Uru
Birth nameSerupepeli Uru
Date of birth (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Lautoka, Fiji
Height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight107 kg (236 lb; 16 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 Brisbane City 8 (10)
Correct as of 4 November 2019
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020– Reds 50 (25)
Correct as of 7 June 2024

Serupepeli Uru (born 3 January 1997 in Lautoka, Fiji) [1] [2] is a Fijian-born Australian rugby union player who plays for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. His playing position is flanker.

Current Australian Wallaby player, Seru attended the prestigious Ratu Kadavulevu School with whom he won the U18 Deans Trophy in 2015. He represented Fiji in Basketball and also Fiji under 20 rugby 15s which toured around Europe. He later came to Melbourne and played club rugby for Power House Rugby Union and received best player in 2017 in Victoria. He later signed with Queensland Reds after Melbourne Rebels failed to sign him on. He was selected for the Australian A side. Since than, he has won many awards with his club team's and is respected among his team as one of the gifted talent on the field.

Reference list

  1. "Queensland Premier Rugby Top 10 Recruits (2019)". Green and Gold Rugby. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. "Seru Uru". Queensland Reds. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

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