Tani Fuga

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Tani Fuga
Personal information
Full name Tanielu Fuga
Date of birth July 14, 1973 (1973-07-14) (age 34)
Place of birth , Samoa
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 16 st 3 lbs (103 kg)
Nickname(s) Tani, Fu
Club information
Position(s) Hooker
Current club Harlequins
Number 23
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2000 ‐ Harlequins 182 (100)
Representative teams
1999 ‐ Samoa 9

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Tanielu "Tani" Fuga (born 14 July 1973) is a Samoan rugby union player. He usually plays at hooker for Harlequins. He joined Quins in 2000 and made his debut as a replacement against London Wasps on 9 September that year. He scored his first try for the club in the European Challenge Cup victory over Périgueux at The Stoop on 7 October 2000.

He won nine caps for Samoa and scored a try in his second game against New Zealand back in June 1999. He attended Waitakere College in Auckland and played for the Waitemata club. He was a member of the Samoan squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals.

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