Lorna Tomasone Suafoa (born 7 October 1975 in

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) is a former

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international

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representative, who played in the

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team that won a silver medal at the

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. Since 1998 she has represented

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in netball.The National Bank Cup teams - Force
, Netball New Zealand, Retrieved on 24 December 2008

References

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