Birth name | Te Ruki R.W. Tipuna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 May 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tauranga, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruki Tipuna (born 11 May 1983) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who has played for Aviva Premiership side Bristol Rugby, Bay of Plenty Steamers, the Hurricanes, Portadown RFC and Scarlets. His position is at scrum-half.
Tipuna has also represented the New Zealand Sevens and New Zealand Māori teams.
In August 2011, Tipanu joined the Scarlets on a short term contract, before joining Bristol in November. He immediately became first choice scrum-half at Bristol. On 28 March 2014, Tipuna made his move to the Aviva Premiership with Newcastle Falcons on a two-year contract from the 2014-15 season.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Newcastle sign Bristol scrum-half Ruki Tipuna". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 March 2014.