Taiasina Tuifua (born 20 August 1984) is a Samoan

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player who currently plays for

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in the

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in France. His usual position is either at number 8 or at

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. He has won 19 caps at international level for

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played at the

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. Tuifua was born in Samoa, but moved to New Zealand in 2002 on a rugby scholarship to

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