Sila Vaifale (born 5 July 1967) is a former Samoan

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player. He made his international debut for against in

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on 14 October 1989. Vaifale made his last appearance for Samoa against in

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on 5 July 1997. He scored the second try that helped Samoa defeat at the

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, 16–13. Vaifale was also a member of the

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. As part of the Samoan national team, he also played at the

was involved in the games of the Samoa sevens team at the

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and

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World Cups. In 2014 he held one of the posts in the West Apia Rugby Union and oversees the Samoa youth rugby teams.

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* 1967 births Samoa international rugby union players Rugby union flankers Hawke's Bay rugby union players Living people People from Tuamasaga 1991 Rugby World Cup players 1995 Rugby World Cup players Samoan rugby union players {{Samoa-rugbyunion-bio-stub