Chris Kuridrani

Chris Kuridrani

File:Chris Kuridrani 2014 Brisbane.jpg
Full name	Kirisi Nasiganiyavi
Date of birth	(1991-12-12) 12 December 1991
Place of birth	Brisbane, Australia
Height
Weight	99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
School	Ipswich Grammar School Marsden State High School
Notable relative(s)	Nemani Nadolo (brother) Tevita Kuridrani (cousin)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing, Fullback
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2014-	Brisbane City	19	(45)
correct as of 3 November 2015.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2014–	Queensland Reds	11	(5)
Current local club	GPS Old Boys
correct as of 14 June 2015.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011 2010	Australia U20 Fiji U20	2 4	(5)1t (5)1t

Chris Kuridrani (born 12 December 1991), formerly Chris Nasiganiyavi, is an Australian rugby union player of Fijian descent. His usual position is wing. He signed on to play for the Queensland Reds in 2014.

Family and early life

Kirisi Nasiganiyavi was born in Brisbane, where his father Isei Nasiganiyavi played rugby for Queensland. He is the younger brother of Nemani Nadolo (formerly Ratu Nasiganiyavi before he adopted their mother's maiden name of Nadolo in 2009).

During his junior career he was selected for several representative teams, including Queensland Under 16s. He attended Marsden State High School and Ipswich Grammar, and represented Queensland at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships in 2008 and 2009.

He is the cousin of Tevita Kuridrani, and in 2011 he adopted the Kuridrani family name.

Rugby career

In 2010, he played colts rugby for GPS Old Boys and was chosen for the Brisbane Under-19 team later that year. He was selected for the Fiji Under-20 team and played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina, and scored a try against New Zealand in the opening pool game.

Chris Kuridrani briefly switched codes at the start of 2011. He played rugby league in the Toyota Cup for the Brisbane Broncos for five rounds before returning to play Premier Rugby with GPS and train with the Queensland Reds squad. He was selected as an injury replacement for the Australia Under-20 team at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy, and scored a try in the semi final against New Zealand.

He was a member of the ARU's National Academy in 2013, and participated in the Pacific Rugby Cup, including playing one match for the Brisbane Academy against his brother, Nemani Nadolo, who played for Fiji Warriors.