Tupo Fa'amasino Explained

Birth Date:1966 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Apia, Samoa
Weight:209 lb
Position:Centre
Years1:1989-1991
Years2:1993
Years3:2000
Years4:2006
Clubs1:Oriental Rongotai
Clubs2:NikoNikoDo[1]
Clubs3:Otahuhu[2]
Clubs4:East Tamaki RFC
Province1:Wellington
Provinceyears1:1989-91
Provinceapps1:17
Provincepoints1:20
Super1:Wellington Hurricanes[3]
Superyears1:1996
Repyears1:1988-1996
Repyears2:1993
Repcaps1:37
Reppoints1:36
Coachteams1:East Tamaki RFC[4]
Coachyears1:2006

Tupo Fa'amasino (born 13 April 1966, in Apia) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He played as a centre.

Career

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/2277/Thesis_fulltext.pdf;sequence=1 The influence of foreign players on the transformation of Japanese rugby
  2. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=144242 Rugby NZ Herald News
  3. http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/28/pacific-islands-being-shut-out-of-super-rugby/ Pacific Islands being shut out of Super Rugby
  4. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10379591 Naismith's century victory
  5. Book: Barclay . Simon . Rugby World Cup 1987 - 2019: Complete Results and Statistics . 2019 . Lulu . 978-0244232450. 54.
  6. Web site: Tupo Fa'amasino . 2024-02-06 . ESPN scrum.