Taliaʻuli Sikuea (born 14 July 1995) is a Romanian

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player who plays for

CSM Știința Baia Mare CSM Știința Baia Mare is a professional Romanian rugby union club from Baia Mare, which plays in the Liga Națională de Rugby, the first division of Romanian rugby. In recent times they have been the most successful rugby union team in Romania, ...

in the

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Club career

Sikuea began his senior career at Toloa Old Boys in Tonga before joining Romanian outfit

in 2016. Ever since his transfer to Baia Mare, Sikuea has become a prominent try scorer for his side. Currently, Sikuea has won four straight league titles for the team since he first joined.

International career

Sikuea represented Tonga at the

2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. A total of 8 nations played in the tournament. The event was held in Portugal and was or ...

, as well as the sevens team national in the

2016 men's rugby sevens final Olympic qualification tournament The Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 and 19 June 2016 at Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco The tournament used a round-robin format. The qualification tournament w ...

. In 2023, Sikuea represented the Romanian national sevens team during the

2023 European Games The 3rd European Games ( pl, III Igrzyska Europejskie, Igrzyska Europejskie 2023), informally known as Kraków-Małopolska 2023, is a scheduled international sporting event to be held in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland in 2023. All Olympic sports h ...

and he also made his debut for the Oaks against the

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during the

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, scoring a try on his debut.

Honours

CSM Știința Baia Mare

: 2018–19, 2019-20,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 2020 *Cupa Regelui: 2016, 2017

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