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Taiasina Tuifu'a

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Taiasina Tuifua
Birth nameTaiasina Toleafoa Tuifua
Date of birth (1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birthMoto'otua, Samoa
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)
SchoolAuckland Grammar School
Notable relative(s)Isaia Tuifua (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8, Lock, Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004–2007
2008
2010–2011
2011–2013
2013–2015
2015–2018
2018–
Counties Manukau
Taranaki
Counties Manukau
Newcastle
Bordeaux-Bègles
Lyon
Grenoble
38
10
14
31
37
73
(40)
(0)
(10)
(5)
(0)
(25)
Correct as of 1 June 2017
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 Chiefs 2 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2017 Samoa 19 (10)

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

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  1. ^ "Tuifua makes a big hit in debut". 15 May 2011.
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