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Tukulua Lokotui

トゥクルア・ロコツイ　/　とぅくるあ・ろこつい

Rugby union player from New Zealand

December 31, 1979 (age 46)　・　Auckland, New Zealand

rugby union player

My Take

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.

Overview

Tukulua Lokotui (born 31 December 1979) is a rugby union footballer who played at lock for Béziers. Lokotui played for Tonga at the 2011 and the 2015 Rugby World Cup squads. In 2013 Lokotui was cited for a dangerous tackle on Dave Attwood when Bath defeated Gloucester. He was also named in Tonga's squad for their end of the year tour of Asia and Europe.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: rugby union player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

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

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