Taiasina Tuifu'a
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Birth name | Taiasina Toleafoa Tuifua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 August 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Moto'otua, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Auckland Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Isaia Tuifua (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taiasina Tuifua (born 20 August 1984) is a Samoan rugby union player who currently plays for Grenoble in the Top 14 in France. His usual position is either at number 8 or at lock. He has won 19 caps at international level for Samoa played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Tuifua was born in Samoa, but moved to New Zealand in 2002 on a rugby scholarship to Auckland Grammar School.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tuifua makes a big hit in debut". 15 May 2011.
External links
[edit]- Taiasina Tuifu'a at European Professional Club Rugby
- Taiasina Tuifu'a at Premiership Rugby (archived)
- Taiasina Tuifu'a at ESPNscrum
- Taiasina Tuifu'a at ItsRugby.co.uk
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Samoan rugby union players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in England
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France
- Newcastle Falcons players
- Counties Manukau rugby union players
- Taranaki rugby union players
- Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
- Union Bordeaux Bègles players
- People educated at Auckland Grammar School
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union locks
- FC Grenoble Rugby players
- Lyon OU Rugby players
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players