Freddie Tuilagi







This article is about the retired cross-code Samoan international. For his son and currently active player, see Fred Tuilagi.



































Freddie Tuilagi
Birth name
Fereti Tuilagi
Date of birth
(1971-06-09) 9 June 1971 (age 47)
Place of birth
Apia, Samoa
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Notable relative(s)
Anitelea Tuilagi (brother)
Alesana Tuilagi (brother)
Henry Tuilagi (brother)
Sanele Vavae Tuilagi (brother)
Manu Tuilagi (brother)
Rugby league career



















Position(s)
Three-quarter
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
1995–98
1999–00
Halifax
St. Helens

45

(84)

Rugby union career




























Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2000–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
Leicester
Cardiff
Castres
76
7
12
(75)
(5)
(0)
National team(s)
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
1992–2002
Samoa
17
(10)

Official website

http://www.tuilagirugbyskills.com/

Fereti Tuilagi (born 9 June 1971) is a Samoan former professional rugby footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. After playing rugby union at international level he turned professional and played rugby league for English clubs Halifax Blue Sox and St. Helens. He played as a wing or centre and now is currently retired. His first name is often anglicised to Freddie.


Tuilagi is the oldest of seven brothers: Henry, Olotuli, Alesana, Anitelea, Vavae and Manu.[1] All but Olotuli have played for Leicester Tigers, recently in a 2015 preseason friendly his son Fred Tuilagi also made an appearance for Leicester Tigers and became the 8th Tuilagi to get his senior cap for the Tigers coming off the bench in the Anglo-Welsh Cup 21-20 win over Bath Rugby .[2] Tuilagi currently coaches children at his own rugby skills course named 'Tuilagi Rugby Skills Courses'.[citation needed]




Contents






  • 1 International career


  • 2 Rugby league


  • 3 Northern hemisphere rugby union


  • 4 Post playing career


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





International career


Tuilagi was born 9 June 1971 in Apia, Samoa, and gained his first international experience playing for Samoa on the 1991 tour to New Zealand. He was also selected for Samoa’s 1991 Rugby World Cup squad but did not play in any of the matches.


Between 1992 and 1995 he toured with Samoa to Australia and South Africa, and was included in their 1995 Rugby World Cup squad. He played against South Africa in the quarter final.



Rugby league


After the 1995 world cup, Tuilagi turned professional for the Halifax Rugby League team, making 57 Super League appearances for them in two years, scoring an impressive 26 tries. In 1999 he joined St Helens. Tuilagi played for St. Helens at second-row forward in their 1999 Super League Grand Final victory over Bradford Bulls. Having won the 1999 Championship, St. Helens contested in the 2000 World Club Challenge against National Rugby League Premiers the Melbourne Storm, with Tuilagi playing from the interchange bench in the loss. He also played for St Helens from the interchange bench, scoring a try in their 2000 Super League Grand Final victory over Wigan Warriors. He'd made 35 appearances, scoring eleven tries.



Northern hemisphere rugby union


He left St. Helens in June 2000 and signed for Leicester Tigers, also making his return to the Samoa national side. He toured with them in the summer of 2002. He was also selected to tour New Zealand, but was prevented from doing so by an injury, which also denied him a place in national side's world cup squad. Tuilagi started the victorious 2002 Heineken Cup Final for Leicester.[3] In the 2003–4 season his younger brother Henry also signed for Leicester, and his younger brother Alesana joined the following season. In 2004–5 season Tuilagi signed for Cardiff Blues.[4] Unfortunately injury limited the number of times he was able to play for Cardiff and was released early[5] In 2005–6 season Tuilagi played for Castres Olympique in the French Top 14.



Post playing career


Since retiring from playing, Tuilagi has acted as an agent for several players – mainly Samoans playing abroad through his company Global Bro Sports.[6] Tuilagi also had a spell playing American Football for the Leicester Falcons during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.[7]



References





  1. ^ Godwin, Hugh (28 May 2006). "Meet the Tuilagis – A brotherhood of tigers". London: The Independent. Retrieved 12 January 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  3. ^ "Tigers retain European Cup". BBC. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2014.


  4. ^ Cardiff announce signing of Tuilagi[permanent dead link]


  5. ^ Cardiff announce release of Tuilagi[permanent dead link]


  6. ^ Global Bro Sports player representation Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.


  7. ^ "Leicester Falcons clinch play-off spot". Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011.




External links



  • Leicester profile

  • Saints Heritage Society profile


  • Planet rugby stats[permanent dead link]

  • Manu Samoa supporters website

  • Pacific Islanders Rugby Teams supporters website













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