Tony Tatupu

Tony Tatupu
Personal information


Full name	Kuripitone Tatupu
Born	July 26, 1969 (1969-07-26) (age 42) New Zealand
Height	190cm
Weight	98kg
Playing information
Position	Centre, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Mt Albert Lions
1994	North Harbour	23	9	0	0	26
1995–1996	Auckland Warriors	27	6	0	0	24
1997	Warrington Wolves
1998–1999	Auckland Warriors	40	4	0	0	16
2000–2001	Wakefield Trinity	21	2	0	0	8
	Total	111	21	0	0	74
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1991–1994	Auckland	12
1990–2000	Western Samoa	6	2	0	0	8
1994–1995	New Zealand	4	0	0	0	0
Source: Rugby League Ptoject

Kuripitone "Tony" Tatupu is a former New Zealand rugby league player. Tatupu played at Centre and in the Second Row and represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa.

1 Playing career
2 Representative career
3 Later years
4 References
5 External references

Playing career

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. Between 1991 and 1993 he played 12 games for Auckland.^[1] 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 Super League 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.

Representative career

He represented Samoa at two World Cups and two Pacific Cups. He was named in the 1992 Pacific Cups team of the tournament.

Later years

He now serves as a New Zealand Police officer and represented the New Zealand Police at the inaugural Police World Cup.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Richard Becht. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 1-86950-154-3. p.183
^ Kiwis hold off gallant Aussie police outfit Sunshine Coast Daily, 13 November 2008
^ Getting it on - Station of Origi warriors.co.nz, Accessed 13 July 2009

External references

Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

Western Samoa squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup

Afoa Elia Koko Laumatia Maea Malietoa-Brown Matautia Panapa Perelini Piva Poching Ropati Schuster (capt) Setefano Solomona Suluvale Swann Tatupu Tuilaepa Tuigamala P. Tuimavave T. Tuimavave Va'a J. Vagana N. Vagana Coach: Lowe

Samoa squad – 2000 Rugby League World Cup

Poching (c) Betham Fa'afili Fala Felise Gallagher Galuvao Geros Kololo Laloata Leafa Leauma Leuluai Lima Lolesi Meli Milford Petersen Puletua Seuseu Solomona A. Swann W. Swann Talipeau Tatupu Coach: Williams

Inaugural Auckland Warriors side

v Brisbane Broncos, Mount Smart Stadium, 10 March, 1995

1. Phil Blake \| 2. Sean Hoppe \| 3. Dean Bell (c) \| 4. Manoa Thompson \| 5. Whetu Taewa \| 6. Gene Ngamu \| 7. Greg Alexander \| 8. Gavin Hill \| 9. Duane Mann \| 10. Hitro Okesene \| 11. Stephen Kearney \| 12. Tony Tatupu \| 13. Tony Tuimavave \| 14. Se'e Solomona \| 15. Tea Ropati \| 16. Jason Mackie \| 17. Martin Moana \| Coach: John Monie

Persondata
Name	Tatupu, Tony
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Date of birth	26 July 1969
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
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