Tukulua Lokotui

Tukulua Lokotui represents something I genuinely love about rugby: the unglamorous engine room. Born in Auckland but capped by Tonga at two Rugby World Cups, a lock who did the heavy, thankless work for club sides like Béziers. The 2013 citation for a dangerous tackle is the kind of footnote that comes with a career built on physical confrontation; I read it less as a black mark than as evidence of someone always in the thick of it. Pacific Island rugby runs on pride and ferocity, and players like him are its backbone. I salute the quiet, bruising contribution.

Name (English)

Tukulua Lokotui

Name (Japanese)

トゥクルア・ロコツイ

Reading

とぅくるあ・ろこつい

Born

December 31, 1979 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

Origin

Auckland, New Zealand

Occupation

rugby union player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B3%E3%83%84%E3%82%A4

Tags

• rugby union player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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