Olive Onelani Kilifi (born September 28, 1986) is an

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rugby union player, who plays prop for the

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and for the

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(MLR). Kilifi attended

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. He debuted for the U.S. national team during the end of year tests in November 2013, earning two substitute appearances. Kilifi started in both of the March 2014 qualifying matches against

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for the 2015 World Cup, and was at that time considered among the U.S. team's best scrummagers."Will the USA scrum crisis force them to chase overseas options?"
Tier 2 Rugby, April 4, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014. In early 2016, Kilifi signed for the

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of the newly formed

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competition, but the competition folded after the 2016 season. Kilifi began playing with the

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in 2018 and is currently a 2-time champion, winning back-to-back Major League Rugby titles in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. He was traded to the

in 2021. Kilifi also represented USA Rugby in the 2015 England and 2019 Japan Rugby World Cups.

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