Taiasina Tuifua | |
Birth Name: | Taiasina Toleafoa Tuifua |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1984 |
Birth Place: | Moto'otua, Samoa |
Height: | 195cm (77inches) |
Weight: | 118kg (260lb) |
School: | Auckland Grammar School |
Ru Position: | Number 8, Lock, Flanker |
Ru Clubyears: | 2004–2007 2008 2010–2011 2011–2013 2013–2015 2015–2018 2018– |
Ru Proclubs: | Counties Manukau Taranaki Counties Manukau Newcastle Bordeaux-Bègles Lyon Grenoble |
Ru Clubcaps: | 38 10 14 31 37 73 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (40) (0) (10) (5) (0) (25) |
Ru Clubupdate: | 1 June 2017 |
Super14years: | 2011 |
Super14: | Chiefs |
Super14caps: | 2 |
Super14points: | (0) |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2011–2017 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 19 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (10) |
Relatives: | Isaia Tuifua (brother) |
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]