Talai Fifita Explained

Birth Name:Talai Fifita
Birth Date:24 July 1962
Occupation:Farmer
Height:170cm[1]
Weight:77kg[2]
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Amatyears1:19??-19??
Amatteam1:East Tamaki RFC
Province1:Tongatapu[3]
Repyears1:1983–1991
Repcaps1:11
Reppoints1:16

Talai Fifita (born 24 July 1962) is a former Tongan rugby union football player who played for the national team and East Tamaki RFC. His regular playing position was scrum-half.

Career

Fifita debuted for Tonga in a match against Fiji, in Suva, on 18 June 1983. He was later called up for the Ikale Tahi squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he played all the three pool stage matches in the tournament. In the match against Wales, in Palmerston North, Fifita scored a try which was converted by Alamoni Liavaʻa. Fifita last played for the Tonga in a match against Fiji, in Suva, on 8 June 1991, earning 11 caps and in aggregate 16 points and 4 tries scored.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1/teams/47 Tonga RWC 1987 squad
  2. https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1/teams/47 Tonga RWC 1987 squad
  3. https://scontent.fbgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/69030896_2419984074924439_8835172212374765568_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=T_NUn9Y2WnUAX-9oIsT&_nc_ht=scontent.fbgy1-1.fna&oh=bae1cbb6e9aaae31e8352e43c71acd01&oe=61AB18CE Photo of the Tonga 1991 squad
  4. Web site: Talai Fifita | Rugby Union | Players and Officials. ESPN Scrum. 2017-12-16.