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Tuʻakalau Fukofuka, known also as Kalau Fukofuka (born Tonga, in 1972) is a Tongan former rugby union player. He played as prop.

Career

Fukofuka debuted for the Tonga national rugby union team during a match against Fiji in Nuku'alofa on 17 July 1993. He also took part at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, playing all the three pool stage matches in the tournament. His last cap for Tonga was on 15 July 1995 in Suva, also against Fiji. At club level, Fukofuka played the National Provincial Championship for Auckland and for Northland.

Personal life

He is father of the Crusaders scrum-half Leon Fukofuka.

Notes

1. "Rugby World Cup 1995" (PDF). El Monte Rugby. 1995. p. 5. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
2. St Paul's College
3. "Tu'akalau Fukofuka | New Zealand Rugby History". rugbyhistory.co.nz. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
4. "Leon Fukofuka". Crusaders. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

External links

• Tuʻakalau Fukofuka at ESPNscrum

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