Talemaitoga Tuapati is a Fijian

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footballer. He plays hooker for the Woodlands rugby club and for Southland in New Zealand. Tuapati's selection to the Fijian squad came in 2010 after impressing selectors on the watch at the

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tournament which included club teams from

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

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and

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. He played at the 2014 Pacific Nations Cup. Tuapati was selected in 2015 for Fiji by head coach John Mckee for the Pacific Nations Cup and World Cup in the UK. In 2015 Tuapati was signed by

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on a three-month deal as an injury replacement for

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* Living people Rugby union hookers Fijian rugby union players Fiji international rugby union players 1985 births Fijian expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Southland rugby union players Rugby union players from Suva People educated at Ratu Kadavulevu School US Carcassonne players Stade Français Paris players Provence Rugby players 2011 Rugby World Cup players 2015 Rugby World Cup players Fijian expatriate rugby union players in France 21st-century Fijian sportsmen {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub