Alatasi Tupou
| Birth name | Alatasi Tupou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | April 21, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Apia, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alatasi Tupou (born April 21, 1988) is a Samoan professional rugby union player from Apia, Samoa. He has represented Samoa in both rugby fifteens and sevens and was also a member of Mystic River's the 2016 National Championship squad in the American Rugby Premiership.
Rugby career
Fifteens
Tupou first represented Samoa with the
Sevens
Tupou has been a regular on the
In November 2016, Tupou was named to the Manu Samoan team to compete in the Dubai and South African legs of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series.[5] The following year he was named to captain for Samoa's 2017/2018 rugby sevens season which began in July at the 2017 Dubai Sevens, leading his team to a 6th-place finish.[6] He continued with the Samoan squad for 7 more tournaments before serving a brief suspension due to a drunk driving incident prior to the London leg of the tour.[7] After pleading guilty to driving under the influence and without a licence, Tupou was given a two-week suspension (not including his stand down from the London and Paris legs). Upon completion of his suspension Tupou would be named to the Samoan squad which competed in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco, marking his first appearance since April.[8]
Club career
In 2014, Tupou played for the Shirley Rugby Club in
References
- ^ "U20 Championship 2015: Pool B preview". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Alatasi Tupou Statistics". www.espn.co.uk. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Sevens Series Player Profile: Alatasi Tupou". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Staff (February 4, 2012). "Pitch invader spoils good first day behaviour". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Sevaaetasi, Sina (November 25, 2016). "Manu Samoa Sevens named". Samoa Observer. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
- ^ Staff (November 22, 2017). "Samoa name contracted squad of 22 players ahead of new World Sevens Series season". Ultimate Rugby Sevens (ur7s.com). Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ Staff (June 6, 2018). "Samoan captain suspended". Samoa Observer . Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "Alatasi Tupou included in Samoa's World Cup 7s squad". Radio New Zealand. July 11, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Anker, Brett (July 15, 2015). "Mystic looking to beat Old Blue at Hellgate". www.rugbytoday.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Wise, Chad (June 4, 2016). "Men's DI Crown earned by Mystic River in heavy-hitting final against Austin Blacks". usarugby.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
External links
- Alatasi Tupou at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series(archived)
- Alatasi Tupou at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)