Tupo Fa'amasino
| Date of birth | 13 April 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Apia, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tupo Fa'amasino (born 13 April 1966, in Apia) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He played as a centre.
Career
[edit]His first match with Samoa was in the match against Wales at Cardiff, on 12 November 1988, during the 1988 Western Samoa tour in Wales. He was part of the 1991 and 1995 World Cups.[5] He also played for Japan twice in the 1993 Japan tour in Argentina and Wales, in the match against Wales on 16 October 1993. His last international match for Samoa was in a test match against Fiji at Suva, on 20 July 1996.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Pacific Islands being shut out of Super Rugby
- ^ Naismith's century victory
- ^ The influence of foreign players on the transformation of Japanese rugby
- ^ Rugby NZ Herald News
- ^ Barclay, Simon (2019). Rugby World Cup 1987 - 2019: Complete Results and Statistics. Lulu. p. 54. ISBN 978-0244232450.
- ^ "Tupo Fa'amasino". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
External links
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Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Apia
- Samoan rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- 1991 Rugby World Cup players
- 1995 Rugby World Cup players
- Samoan rugby union biography stubs