Fuimaono Faleomavaega Titimaea "Dicky" Tafua (born 4 October 1947) is a
Samoan former rugby union prop and the former coach of
Manu Samoa and the
Samoa Sevens
The Samoa national rugby sevens team, referred to as Samoa Sevens or Manu Samoa 7s, competes in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. Representing the polynesian country of Samoa, with a population of about 202,000, the team competes against so ...
rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
team. In November 2021 he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is the son of former MP
Tafua Kalolo and the brother of former MP
Tafua Maluelue Tafua.
He took up the position of coach in 2006. He is a former international for
Samoa and captained the first Samoa team that played against
Wales in 1989. He led Samoa to win their first
Wellington sevens
The New Zealand Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament currently held at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. For the first eighteen years of its history the event was held in Wellington. The event is the third on the World Rugby Seven ...
and
Hong Kong sevens tournament in the
2006/07 season. In February 2009 it was announced that Tafua would coach
Manu Samoa, replacing Niko Palamo. His term in the role expired in November 2011.
In June 2014 Tafua was appointed interim coach of the Samoa Sevens. The appointment was made permanent in August 2014. In June 2015 his contract was not renewed.
In September 2017 he was appointed Manu Samoa coach for a second time for a two-year term. In September 2018 his contract was terminated early and the position was readvertised. A subsequent claim for unfair dismissal was dismissed by the court.
Political career
In October 2021 Tafua announced he would be contesting the
2021 Aleipata-Itupa-i-Lalo by-election as a candidate for the
FAST Party.
He won by over 200 votes.
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Samoa national rugby sevens team coaches
1947 births
Samoa international rugby union players
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa
Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi politicians
Samoan rugby union players
Samoan rugby union coaches
Rugby union props
Samoa national rugby union team coaches
Sportsperson-politicians
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