Tony Tatupu
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| Full name | Tony Tatupu | |
| Date of birth | July 26, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | ,  New Zealand |
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| Height | 190cm | |
| Weight | 98kg | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| 1991-93 1993-94 1994 |
Mt Albert Auckland North Harbour |
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| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1995-96 1997 1998-99 2000-01 |
Auckland Warrington Auckland Wakefield |
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| Representative teams | ||
| 1990-00 1994-95 |
Western Samoa New Zealand |
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Tony Tatupu is a former New Zealand rugby league player.
He played at Centre and in the Second Row and represented New Zealand and Western Samoa.
Tony first played for the Mt Albert Lions in the Auckland competition before joining the North Harbour Sea Eagles for the 1994 Lion Red Cup season. From there he joined the Auckland Warriors for their inaugural season in the Australian Rugby League competition. Along with Nigel Vagana he joined the Warrington Wolves in the Superleague (Europe) competition in 1997 before returning to the Warriors for another two seasons.
In 2000 he returned to England to finish his career at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He stayed with the club during a time of financial turbulence mid way through the 2000 season which saw all players over 24 released and then resigned on limited wages.
He represented Samoa at two World Cups.
He now serves as a New Zealand Police officer. He has a 12 year old son called Shem who goes to St Peter's College in Auckland. He also has a wife called Diana.
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