Alesana Tuilagi
South Africa vs Samoa at 2011 Rugby World Cup
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| Full name | Alesana Tuilagi | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Alex | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fogapoa, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 124 kg (273 lb; 19 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | John Cleveland College | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Anitelea, Freddie, Henry, Sanele Vavae & Manu (brothers) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2002–04 2004–12 2012-14 2014-2016 |
Parma Leicester Tigers NTT Shining Arcs Newcastle Falcons |
162 18 17 |
(315) (15) (10) |
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Correct as of 12 August 2015
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2002–13, 2015- 2006 |
Samoa Pacific Islanders |
37 1 |
(90) (0) |
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Correct as of 3 October 2015
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| Samoa | |||
Alesana "Alex" Tuilagi (born 24 February 1981) is a Samoan rugby footballer. He currently plays for the Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership, and has appeared numerous times for his national team Samoa. He previously played for Parma in Italy and for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. As an incredibly strong player, Tuilagi uses his blend of pace and power to good effect, proving a nightmare for many defences. Such a combination of speed and strength makes him very difficult for defences to handle.
The Tuilagi family has strong connections with Leicester Tigers; Alex's brothers Henry, Anitelea (Andy), and Fereti (Freddie) are all former players and two younger brothers, Vavae and Manu Tuilagi both played in a game for Leicester Tigers against the Classic All Blacks, on 25 May 2008.
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 Parker Pen Shield. He made his debut for Samoa in a 2003 Rugby World Cup qualifier against Fiji in June 2002.
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.
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