Sanele Vavae Tuilagi
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Full name | Sanele Vavae Tuilagi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fogapoa, Samoa | 15 June 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 18 st 2 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Number 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sanele Vavae Tuilagi (born 15 June 1988) is a Samoan professional rugby player. Sanele is the younger brother of former and current Samoan internationals Henry, Freddie, Alesana, Anitelea Tuilagi and the older brother of England international Manu Tuilagi.
Sanele played for the Samoan National U-20 team in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship. He also represented Savaii Samoa in the 2010 IRB Pacific Rugby Cup. In 2015, he represented the Samoan national side, making his debut in the opening round of the 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup against the United States.
Tuilagi played for French club Narbonne in the Rugby Pro D2. He now plays for US Carcassonne and is also playing rugby league for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship.
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- AS Carcassonne players
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in England
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France
- Leicester Tigers players
- People from Fa'asaleleaga
- RC Narbonne players
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- Tuilagi family
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- 2015 Rugby World Cup players
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