Tusi Pisi
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| Birth name | Tusiata Pisi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1982-06-18) 18 June 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Apia, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Massey High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | George Pisi, Ken Pisi (brothers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tusi Pisi (born 18 June 1982) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for the Bristol Bears in the Greene King IPA Championship. His position is fly half, but he has also played at centre and full back. He is the current first choice flyhalf for the Samoa national team.
Born in Samoa, Pisi's parents moved him and his brother George to Auckland as youngsters.[1]
After playing for the Crusaders in Super Rugby, he moved to Rugby Club Toulonnais in France for 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 seasons. At the end of the 2009 season in France, Pisi joined Suntory Sungoliath Rugby Club in Japan.
In 2011, he signed with the Hurricanes for the 2012 Super Rugby season.
On 31 June 2015 Pisi represented the Barbarians FC against an England side at Twickenham Stadium.
In March 2016 Pisi signed a 2-year contract with Bristol Rugby starting from the 2016/2017 season.[2]
References
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^ "Bristol Secure Tusi Pisi Signing". Bristol Rugby. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
External links
- Profile on Rugby Club Toulonnais site
- Hurricanes profile
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
- Tusi Pisi stats v Wales 2012
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