TRIBUTE TO ALESANA TUILAGI

A tribute to Alesana Tuilagi.
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Alesana "Alex" Tuilagi (born 24 February 1981) is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Leicester Tigers in the English club competition, the Aviva Premiership, and has appeared numerous times for his national team Samoa. He previously played for Parma in Italy.

The Tuilagi family has strong connections with Leicester Tigers; Alex's brothers Henry, Anitelea (Andy), and Fereti (Freddie) are all former players and two younger brothers, Vavae and Manu Tuilagi both played in a game for Leicester Tigers against the Classic All-Blacks, on the 25 May 2008.

Whilst at Parma, whom he played with for two seasons, he was equal second top try scorer of the league for the 2003--04 season, with 12 tries in total for the season. He helped them get to the semi-finals of both the domestic competition, and the ParkerPen Shield. He made his debut for Samoa in a 2003 Rugby World Cup qualifier against Fiji in June 2002.

He was included in the Pacific Islanders rugby union team tour to Europe in late 2006 and played a significant part in the Samoan national teams' successes in the Rugby World Cup in 2007.
Alesana Tuilagi enjoyed his best-ever season in 2010/11, finishing the season as the club's top try-scorer and as Aviva Premiership top scorer for the first time.

The big Samoan collected 17 tries in all competitions, with 13 in the Premiership, including the match-winner in the semi-final against Northampton Saints and a hat-trick against Gloucester at Welford Road.

Playing alongside younger brother Manu, Alesana lined up against older sibling Henry during the Heineken Cup in 2010/11 and has also played against Anitelea in the Premiership.

Tuilagi has started eight of Tigers' nine finals since 2006/07, missing out only on the Guinness Premiership Final against London Irish in 2009 due to suspension.

Man of the Match in the 2006/07 Premiership Final win over Gloucester, Alesana was named Supporters' Player of the Year in same season.

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[roastpotatoes100]

i love players that decide to run over defenders rather than around them

[tuasamoa1]

people that dislike this video are scared of alesana tuilagi!

[zikryramli]

@4:48 you jump, you died !

[t3b0g0]

Wow - I think this guy is a freak. A speeding freight train. Monster! He would have been embraced by many and even rated above Nonu if he was an All Black. But because he stuck to his birth country, he's critisized unfairly. I love Nonu but this guy is better than him, speed and power - maybe he doesn't have the rugby brains and class of Nonu (for obvious reasons: the All Blacks are a bigger and more established outfit) but given the ideal environment, Tuilagi would be even better than Lomu!!!!!

[7WorldsGaming]

damn why wont an NFL team sign this guy RB would be a menace in any team!

great stuff

[MgpNitro1]

2:19-2:22!

[rjmn1]

@biggsy78 Manu Samoa physio said before the Aussie win he weighed in at 125 kg for that game and runs the hundred at mid 11s, so yeh don't think you'll find anyone that size and speed

[NZRugbyMusicKiwi]

@ilizitch i wouldn't say he sucks but yes i agree with you there, he is very much overrated, he has great brawn and strength/power on the4 pitch but lacks the brains and is inconsistent

[brutushita1]

For once, i have seen lesley vainakolo vs tuilagi 2:42-2:50 and vainokolo has been OWNED!

[gorkysfc1]

Gotta feel for Simpson Daniel, he gets a lot of big hits.