Katilimoni Tuipulotu (born 5 December 1967) is a Tongan former international

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player. A loose forward, Tuipulotu got capped 16 times by

Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...

and featured in two matches at the

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, which included a win over Italy. He played in Sydney's

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competition and had several seasons in Wales, with

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and

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, then moved to Merseyside to play for New Brighton. Tuipulotu is the father of Wales under-20s representative

Carwyn Tuipulotu Carwyn Tuipulotu (born 28 September 2001) is a Welsh professional rugby union player, who plays Flanker and Number 8 for Top 14 side Section Paloise. Club career Youth rugby Tuipulotu was part of the Newcastle Falcons academy, and was part of ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuipulotu, Kati 1967 births Living people Tongan rugby union players Tonga international rugby union players Tongan expatriate rugby union players in England Tongan expatriate rugby union players in Wales Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights 1999 Rugby World Cup players Neath RFC players Ebbw Vale RFC players Dunvant RFC players

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