Samoa
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international former professional
rugby league
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Auckland, New Zealand
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. He attended Chifley College in Mt Druitt, and St Dominics College in Penrith. Tia-Kilifi played his junior footy for the Minchinbury Jets.
Playing career
Tia-Kilifi made his debut with the Penrith Panthers in 2009, but left the club at the end of the season to sign a two-year contract with the
Bulldogs
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Tia-Kilifi mostly played for Canterbury's feeder side in the NSW Cup. At the end of the 2011 season, Tia-Kilifi moved back to Penrith in a one-year contract. He then renewed his contract for another season.
In 2015, Tia-Kilifi played for the
Auburn Warriors
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2017
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Tia-Kilifi was called up for the Samoa national rugby league team in 2006, but never played.
On 8 September 2014, Tia-Kilifi was named in the
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...