SERU RABENI
Seru's Career Highlights
Full name Ratu Seru Rabeni
Date of birth 27 December 1978
Place of birth Bua, Fiji
Date of death 15 March 2016 (aged 37)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
School Nadi District, Ratu Kadavulevu Lautoka Teachers College
University Otago University, New Zealand
Notable relative(s) Rupeni Caucaunibuca (cousin)
PLAYING CAREER
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Position Centre, Wing
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Professional / Senior Clubs
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Years Club / Team Caps (points)
1998–1999 Lautoka
2000 Suva
2001 Otago Highlanders
2002 Otago Highlanders 7 (5)
2003 Naitasiri
2004 Otago Highlanders 2 (0)
2004–2009 Leicester 63 (90)
2009–2010 Leeds 19 (5)
2010–2012 La Rochelle 41 (15)
2012-2013 Mont-de-Marsan 9 (0)
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Super Rugby
Years Club / Team Caps (points)
2003–04 Highlanders 11 (15)
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National team(s)
Years Club / Team Caps (points)
2000–2011 Fiji 30 (10)
2004–2008 Pacific Islanders 9 (19)
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Sevens National Teams
Years Club / Team Comps
1998-2002 Fiji 13
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International Teams
2011 Barbarians
2012 Asia Pacific Barbarians
2015 Hong Kong Rugby 10s
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HIGHLIGHTS
#12 (Fiji Flying 15s) or #13 (Fiji Flying 15s) or #14 (Fiji Flying 15s & Leicester Tigers)
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Debut for Fiji in Dubai 7s 1998, HK 7s 1999 & 2000 and 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester
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Represented Fiji Flying 15s in 2003 & 2007 World Cups with his first and last test appearances against Japan (Tokyo 2002 & Lautoka 2011)
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Earned 30 caps for Fiji scoring 10 points
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Landed contract in Super Rugby with Otago Highlanders 2003 & 2004 seasons
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Represented Pacific Islanders from 2004 to 2008 playing 9 Tests
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Scored 18 tries in 63 club appearances for Leicester Tigers winning the League & Anglo-Welsh Cup Double 2006-07 & 2nd Premiership Title 2008-09
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Voted into Leeds Carnegie Premiership Team of the Season 2009-10
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Played for French Club La Rochelle named in a multi-national Top14 Dream Team alongside Toulon’s Johnny Wilkinson end 2010
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Played in the Barbarians 2011 & Asia Pacific Barbarians 2012
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Last professional rugby signing with France’s Stade Montois promoted to Top 14 in 2012-13 season
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Last professional appearance at 2015 Rugby 10s in Hong Kong with Hong Kong Scottish Exiles reaching the Cup Semi-Finals