Birth name | Serupepeli Uru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lautoka, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Serupepeli Uru (born 3 January 1997) [1] [2] is a professional rugby union player who plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby. His playing position is flanker. Born in Fiji, Uru has represented Australia A and Australia, as well as the First Nations & Pasifika XV which was formed to play against the incoming British & Irish Lions team on their 2025 tour of Australia.
Uru 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-20s in rugby which toured around Europe. He later came to Melbourne, Victoria and played club rugby for Power House Rugby Union and received best player in 2017 in Victoria. He later signed with Queensland Reds after the Melbourne Rebels failed to sign him on. 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.