Fifita playing for the Sharks in 2013.
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Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia |
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Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Fifita (born 28 June 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 1372)in the Super League. He plays at prop. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League.
Born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Fifita is of Indigenous Australian and Tongan descent and played his junior rugby league for St Patricks Blacktown and Doonside Roos, before being signed by the Wests Tigers.
Fifita is the twin brother of fellow Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player Andrew Fifita. He is not related to John Fifita, a former St George Dragons player. Fifita's elder brother Latu Fifita plays for Workington Town in the Kingstone Press Championship.
In 2009, Fifita played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team In 2010, he played for Tonga alongside his brother. In 2011, he moved on to the Tigers' New South Wales Cup teams, Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies. At the end of 2012, he joined the Lézignan Sangliers in the Elite One Championship.