Seremaia Bai
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| Full name | Seremaia Baïkeinuku | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Nausori, Fiji | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||
| School | Lelean Memorial School | ||
| Notable relative(s) | Setareki Koroilagilagi (brother) | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Inside centre, Fly-half | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1997–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002 2002–2004 2005–2006 2006–2009 2010–2014 2014- |
Eastern Suburbs Tailevu Knights Cross Keys Southland Secom Rugguts Clermont Auvergne Castres Olympique Leicester Tigers |
94 93 27 |
(207) (91) (15) |
| correct as of 10 May 2014. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2000– 2004–2008 2006 |
Fiji Pacific Islanders Fiji Barbarians |
49 8 4 |
(295) (35) (32) |
| correct as of 12 January 2014. | |||
| Sevens national teams | |||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | |
| 2002 | Fiji | Japan | |
Seremaia Baïkeinuku (born 4 January 1979) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. He plays at both Fly-half and Inside Centre.
Career
Seremaia Bai currently plays for Leicester Tigers after joining them in 2014. He previously played for Castres Olympique and ASM Clermont Auvergne who both compete in France's Top 14 competition. He also plays for the Fiji national team and the Pacific Islanders. He has played under-19s, under 21s and under 23s for the Fiji national side. Bai attended Lelean Memorial School in Nausori, Fiji.
He made his international debut for Fiji in 2000 in a match against Japan which Fiji won 47–22. That year he was also capped against Samoa, the USA, Canada and Italy. In 2001 he was capped three times, twice against Tonga and once against Samoa. In the second match against Tonga he broke his ankle. In 2002 he joined Southland for the National Provincial Championship, and went on tour with Fiji for the November Test series in the northern hemisphere.
He was not included in Fiji's squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, but returned in 2004 for Fiji in two matches in June, against Tonga and Samoa. He was included in the combined Pacific Islanders team that toured the southern nations. He also played numerous international matches the following season. In 2006 he captained the Tailevu Knights for the 2006 Colonial Cup, and then signed with Clermont Auvergne in France. He played for Fiji in the Pacific Nations Cup, and was then selected for the 2006 Pacific Islanders squad for the tour of Europe. He went on to play a substantial part of Fiji's quarter-final reaching team at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In 2008 he was selected to play for the Pacific Islanders in what would be their final tour. In 2009 he was announced as the Fiji captain for their European tour. In 2010 he signed to play for Castres Olympique on a two-year contract.[1] He also competed at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
His younger brother Setareki Koroilagilagi also has played for the Fiji, and they first played alongside each other in June 2013 against the USA.
In April 2014, he signed a contract with Leicester Tigers.[2]
References
- ↑ "Bai Bai Clermont". PlanetRugby.com. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ↑ "Leicester Tigers sign Fijian back Seremaia Bai from Castres Olympique". BBC Sport. 21 May 2014.
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