Joe Tuineau
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| Full name | Joseph Mark Laifone Tuineau | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Big Joe | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 260 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2012 2012−13 2013−15 2015-- |
Montpellier Aix-en-Provence Lyon Dax |
5 27 29 |
(0) (20) (25) |
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Correct as of 24 August 2015
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| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2008–2011 | Southland | 34 | (20) |
| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2010–11 | Highlanders | 6 | (0) |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2011– |
 Tonga
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28 | (5) |
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Correct as of 26 November 2016
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Joe Tuineau (born 18 August 1981 in Suva, Fiji) is a rugby union footballer and a former American football player. He plays as a lock for Southland in the ITM Cup and for the Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition. Although he was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand, he represents Tonga internationally. His partner is Southern Steel and Silver Ferns goal shoot Daneka Wipiiti.
Tuineau was a rugby and track star at King's College in Auckland but dropped the sport for several years to pursue a career in American football. He returned to New Zealand in mid-2008, and two days after arriving he represented Woodlands in the Galbraith Shield final. He trained heavily to lose excess weight and gain fitness, and played most of the 2008 season with the Southland Development team before getting into late season games off the bench in the Air New Zealand Cup for Southland.
In 2009 he became a regular starter with the Stags in the Air New Zealand Cup, appearing in all but one of the team's 14 games. He was a key figure in Southland's Ranfurly Shield win against Canterbury, ending the fifty-year drought for the province. He finished the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup with a team high four tries and was selected for the 2010 Highlanders squad.
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