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Ekeroma Luaiufi

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Ekeroma Luaiufi
Birth nameEkeroma Tifaga Luaiufi
Date of birth (1963-05-08) 8 May 1963 (age 61)
Place of birthSamoa
UniversityUniversity of Canterbury
SpouseDeborah Aiono[1]
ChildrenMitzunobu Aiono[2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986-1987 University of Canterbury ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1990-1991 NikoNikoDo ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986 Canterbury B 1 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987-1988
1990-1991
Samoa
Japan
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11
(0)
(4)

Ekeroma Tifaga Luaiufi, also spelled Lauaiufi (born 8 July 1963), is a former Samoan rugby union player, who also played for Japan. He played as a lock.

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He started to play for Samoa during a test match against Fiji, at Suva, on 22 August 1987. His last match for Samoa was during a test match against Fiji, at Apia, on 4 June 1988. Two years later, Luaiufi started to play for Japan in the match against Fiji, at Tokyo, on 4 March 1990. He was part of the Japan team at 1991 Rugby World Cup, where he played three matches and scored a try in the match against Zimbabwe, at Belfast, on 14 October. He retired after the World Cup. In his club career, he played for Canterbury in New Zealand and for NikoNikoDo, a team managed by Youme Mart, based in Kumamoto[3] in Japan.[citation needed]

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