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Full name | Dennis Tuffour | |||||
Born | 17 February 1989 London, England |
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Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||
Weight | 13 st 5 lbs (89 kg) | |||||
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Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2010 | Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011–n/a | York City Knights | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Total | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Dennis Tuffour is an English/Ghanaian[1] professional rugby league player who has a dual contract agreement with Hull and Championship side York City Knights.[2] Tuffour plays Wing. He was handed his first professional contract with Hull in 2010 after an impressive season with Andy Last’s under 20’s. Tuffour is a talented all round sportsman, Tuffour has won national awards in pool as well as having trials with Premier League football side Tottenham Hotspur. It was due to a cancelled trial with Tottenham where he discovered Rugby League as he watched and then trained with rugby League side London Skolars. He came to Hull's youth academy from Harlequins RL as he was studying at Hull University.
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Tuffour made a try scoring debut try for the Knights against Gateshead Thunder were he slide over in the 43rd minute to cap off an impressive debut. He also scored in York's Challenge Cup 4th round tie against Welsh Super League outfit Crusaders.
Tuffour headed to the newly promoted Hunslet Hawks in Leeds for the 2011 Championship season.
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