Tupo Fa'amasino
Date of birth (1966-04-13) April 13, 1966
Place of birthApia, Samoa
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight209 lb (95 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1989-1991
1993
2000
2006
Oriental Rongotai
NikoNikoDo[1]
Otahuhu[2]
East Tamaki RFC
()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1989-91 Wellington 17 (20)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996 Wellington Hurricanes[3] ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1988-1996
1993
Samoa
Japan
37
2
(36)
Coaching career
Years Team
2006 East Tamaki RFC[4]

Tupo Fa'amasino (born April 13, 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 November 12, 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 October 16, 1993. His last international match for Samoa was in a test match against Fiji at Suva, on July 20, 1996.

References

  1. The influence of foreign players on the transformation of Japanese rugby
  2. Rugby NZ Herald News
  3. Pacific Islands being shut out of Super Rugby
  4. Naismith's century victory
  5. Barclay, Simon (2019). Rugby World Cup 1987 - 2019: Complete Results and Statistics. Lulu. p. 54. ISBN 0244232458.


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