Alesana Tuilagi
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| Alesana Tuilagi | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alesana Tuilagi | ||
| Date of birth | February 24, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Fogapoa, Samoa | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Weight | 17 st 11 lbs (114 kg) | ||
| Nickname | Alex Tuilagi | ||
| Notable relative(s) | Anitelia Tuilagi (brother) Freddie Tuilagi (brother) Henry Tuilagi (brother) |
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| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Wing | ||
| Clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| 2002–2004 2004–present |
Rugby Parma Leicester Tigers |
? 50 |
(?) (95) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Samoa | 10 | ||
Alesana "Alex" Tuilagi (born 24 February 1981) is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Leicester Tigers in the English club competition, the Guinness Premiership, and has appeared numerous times for his national team Samoa. He previously played for Parma in Italy.
Whilst at Parma, whom he played with for two seasons, he was equal second top try scorer of the league for the 2003-04 season, with 12 tries in total for the season. He helped them get to the semi-finals of both the domestic competition, and the ParkerPen Shield. He made his debut for Samoa in a 2003 Rugby World Cup qualifer against Fiji in June of 2002.
The Tuilagi family has strong connections with Leicester Tigers; Alex's brothers Henry, Anitelia (Andy), and Fereti (Freddie) are all former players and two younger brothers, Vavae and Manu Samoa have both played in a recent (25.5.08) game for Leicester Tigers against the Classic All-Blacks.
He was included in the Pacific Islanders rugby union team tour to Europe in late 2006 and played a significant part in the Samoan national teams' successes in the Rugby World Cup in 2007.
[edit] External links
- Alesana Tuilagi on tigers.co.uk
- The Pacific Islanders supporters website
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