Malupo Kaufusi (born 31 May 1979) is a Tongan former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s for the Northern Eagles, the Parramatta Eels and the London Broncos, as a wing.
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| Full name | Malupo Kaufusi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1979 Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Rugby League Project As of 25 June 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editKaufusi made his first grade debut for the Northern Eagles in Round 6 2002 against Canberra at Grahame Park. Kaufusi played in the Northern Eagles final ever game which was a 68-28 loss against Penrith in Round 26 2002 at Brookvale Oval.
At the end of 2002, the Northern Eagles were dissolved with Manly-Warringah announcing that they had applied to the NRL to once again be a stand alone club returning to the top grade for the first time since 1999. Kaufusi was not signed on to play with Manly in the 2003 season.
In 2004, Kaufusi signed for Parramatta and made just one appearance against the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval which ended in a 33-6 loss.[1][2]
Kaufusi played for London Broncos of Super League. He was a Tonga international and represented them at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Manly Eagles to fly again". The Guardian.
- ^ "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.
- ^ "The Teams: Tonga". BBC. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 26 March 2008.