Tai Enosa (born 1 October 1989, in

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) is an American

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player who plays fly-half for the

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(MLR).

Professional rugby career

Enosa has played for the

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, including playing in the

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tournament held in Kenya, and helping guide the US team to a second-place finish. Enosa was named to the US national sevens team in 2009, and in 2012 signed a professional contract to play full-time for the US national sevens team. Enosa joined the USA Eagles player pool in 2009 and made his test match debut in 2011 against Tonga. Enosa scored the winning try that put the USA Eagles over Russia in their final

Churchill Cup The Churchill Cup was an annual rugby union tournament, held in June, contested by representative men's (and formerly women's) teams from Canada, England, the United States, and other invited teams (originally one and later three) from a wide arr ...

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/ref> Enosa was a member of the US squad for the

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in New Zealand, where he played in one game. On a club level, Enosa played for Tempe, before transferring to Belmont Shore. Enosa played for

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from 2019 to 2021, but joined

in 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Enosa, Tai 1989 births Living people American rugby union players United States international rugby union players United States international rugby sevens players San Diego Legion players People from Faga'alu American Samoan rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Seattle Seawolves players

Professional rugby career

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