Moses Moses Tuiali'i (born 25 March 1981) is a former New Zealand

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. A Loose forward, Tuiali'i notably played for the

Crusaders The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...

in Super Rugby between 2004 and 2008. He also played for the

Blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

in 2003 and later the Highlanders in 2013. In between these years he moved to Japan and signed for Japanese club

Yamaha Jubilo Shizuoka Blue Revs (formerly the Yamaha Júbilo) are a rugby union team based in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. The team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League (2004–05). They were coached by former ...

. At a provincial level he has represented Northland,

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and

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respectively. Tuiali'i was first selected for the

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in 2004 and played in 9 test matches until 2006.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuialii, Mose 1981 births New Zealand people of Samoan descent Rugby union players from Auckland New Zealand international rugby union players Northland rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Canterbury rugby union players Crusaders (rugby union) players Highlanders (rugby union) players Living people New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan Blues (Super Rugby) players Shizuoka Blue Revs players People educated at Kelston Boys' High School Rugby union number eights