Sione Tuʻipulotu

Sione Tu'ipulotu

Full name	Sione Mone Tu'ipulotu
Date of birth	(1978-11-28) 28 November 1978
Place of birth	Ha'apai, Tonga
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Scrum-half, Fullback, Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
? ?-2000 2000-? ?-2003 2003-4 2004-6 2006-11 2011-2012 2012-present	Toloa OB Rifles Pontypool Caerphilly Newport Newport GD Yokogawa Plymouth Albion Worcester Warriors Stourbridge	? ? ? ? ? 65	? ? ? ? ? 48
correct as of 22:14, 2 June 2009 (UTC).
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1997-2008	Tonga	28	(13)
correct as of 22:14, 2 June 2009 (UTC).

Sione Mone Tu'ipulotu (born 28 November 1976 in Ha'apai, Tonga) is a Tongan rugby union footballer. His usual position is at scrum-half, but he can also play as a fullback.

He played in Wales for Caerphilly RFC (2001–2003) and the Newport Gwent Dragons (2003–2006), before moving to Yokogawa in Japan.

Tu'ipulotu made his debut for Tonga against Wales on 16 November 1997, aged only 19. He played at two Rugby World Cup finals, in 1999 and 2007, earning two and four caps at the respective tournaments. He had 27 caps, with two tries and a drop goal scored, 13 points in aggregate, for Tonga, by the end of the competition.

External links

• Newport Gwent Dragons profile