Taiasina Tuifu'a

Taiasina Tuifua
BornTaiasina Toleafoa Tuifua
(1984-08-20) 20 August 1984
Moto'otua, Samoa
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)
SchoolAuckland Grammar School
Notable relativeIsaia Tuifua (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8, Lock, Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004–2007 Counties Manukau 38 (40)
2008 Taranaki 10 (0)
2010–2011 Counties Manukau 14 (10)
2011–2013 Newcastle 31 (5)
2013–2015 Bordeaux-Bègles 37 (0)
2015–2018 Lyon 73 (25)
2018– Grenoble
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

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