Sukanaivalu Ivakuva Hufanga, known as Suka Hufanga (born
Vaini, 18 June 1982), is a Tongan rugby union footballer. He plays as a centre.
Career
He played for
CA Brive in the French
Top 14
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, from 2006/07 to 2008/09. He plays for
Newcastle Falcons
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The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
in the
English Premiership
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, since 2009/10.
The Tongan centre has 30 caps for his National Team, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate.
Hufanga has been in the
Tongan squad since 2003. He was selected both for the
2003 Rugby World Cup
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finals, where he played three matches, and the
2007 Rugby World Cup finals, playing all the four matches. Hufanga scored two tries in the narrow losses to
South Africa
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(25-30) and
England
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(20-36). He was also called for the
2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in four games.
Suka Hufanga Statistics
/ref> He also scored a try in Tonga's historic win over France in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
References
External links
1982 births
Living people
Tongan rugby union players
Rugby union centres
CA Brive players
Expatriate rugby union players in France
Tonga international rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in England
Tongan expatriate sportspeople in France
Tongan expatriate sportspeople in England
Tongan expatriate rugby union players
Rugby union players from Tongatapu
2003 Rugby World Cup players
2007 Rugby World Cup players
2011 Rugby World Cup players
Newcastle Falcons players
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