Vunipola Fifita (born 28 February 1996 in

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

) is an

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player who plays for the

Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005–2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses whi ...

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. His playing position is

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. He has signed for the Brumbies squad in 2019. He came to Australia from his native Tonga to attend

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

(2012 – 2014) at the age of 15.Brumby Tales: The little girl who saved Fifita from 'the dark side'
Retrieved 25 September 2019.

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Rugby.com.au profile
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