Alex Telea (born 25 March 1972) is a New Zealand-born Samoan former

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international. A winger from

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, Telea won NZ Colts selection in 1993 and the following year began in provincial rugby with Wellington. He played with the

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from 1996 to 1999, scoring 14 tries from 31 appearances, before succumbing to a knee injury. Once he recovered, Telea had an overseas stint with

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and played provincial rugby until 2006. Telea was capped five times for

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, debuting against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1995. He faced the All Blacks in a match at Napier the following year and scored Western Samoa's only try during the first-half.

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