Karl Tu’inukuafe

Quick Facts

Full Name	Karl Tu'inukuafe
Occupation	New Zealand Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 21, 1993(1993-02-21)
Age	31
Birthplace	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Aquarius

Karl Tu'inukuafe Biography

Karl Tu'inukuafe is one of the most popular and richest New Zealand rugby union player who was born on February 21, 1993 in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. George Zvi Karl Tu’inukuafe (born 21 February 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who is currently playing in the Blues in Super Rugby, as well as for North Harbour in the Mitre 10 Cup. The position he prefers is loosehead prop.

While Joe Moody returned from injury to play in this year’s All Blacks’ 2018 end-of-year tour, he suffered an injury yet again, suffering cuts to his eye, leaving Tu’inukuafe to be the first freehead for the remainder of the season. Tu’inukuafe was the first player to start against England who had not played for the All Blacks in four years and played an 57-minute amount of time to an All Blacks’ narrow 16-15 victory against England. In the next week, Tu’inukuafe began his game against Ireland which were the team that All Blacks lost to, 9-16. Tu’inukuafe was not surprisingly beaten by his opponent, Irish prop Tadhg Furlong The New Zealand front row playing only 46 minutes during the defeat to Ireland. He ended his year by replacing Ofa Tu’ungafasi in the final game of the year against Italy with the 66-3 victory.

After starting for the Chiefs in their Super Rugby quarter-final against the Hurricanes on 20 July 2018, the Super Rugby season ended for Tu’inukuafe, with the Chiefs losing 31-32. Following the match, it was announced that Tu’inukuafe had committed to New Zealand Rugby until 2021. Tu’inukuafe is scheduled to move to the Blues for the 2019 Super Rugby season as part of his three-year deal.

Tu’inukuafe was later selected for the All Blacks after Tim Perry was ruled out of the first two mid-year tests against France. Tu’inukuafe made his debut against France in their first June test match, which took place on 9 June

2018. Tu’inukuafe replaced Joe Moody off the bench, early in the second-half and was one of the best performing substitute players as the All Blacks won 52–11. Tu’inukuafe replaced Moody off the bench in the next two tests of the series, including the final, which the All Blacks won by 49–14, making the series a 3–0 win for New Zealand.

In 2018, Tu’inukuafe was nominated in award of the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Award of the Year. Tu’inukuafe signed with the Super Rugby team named the Chiefs (rugby union) following a major injury issue in his preferred freehead prop. After a huge attendance for the franchise Tu’inukuafe was given an “sweet wake up call” when he was summoned to the national team because of the injury sustained by Tim Perry (rugby union).. While Tu’inukuafe didn’t receive the award, but lost against South African winger, Aphiwe Dyantyi. He has earned great respect from other players and the fans as well. Avid New Zealand rugby supporter Cody Armstrong was quoted “Karl is an immense talent, there is nothing more graceful than seeing a life size behemoth, with a mustache run at 35km/h at a retreating opposition defense.”

Karl Tu'inukuafe Net Worth

Karl Tu'inukuafe is one of the richest New Zealand Rugby Union Player from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Karl Tu'inukuafe 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tu’inukuafe, a former pupil at Wesley College and played for the 1st XV team of the club along with the current Blues teammates Nepo Laulala as well with the former All Blacks Malakai Fekitoa and Augustine Pulu. Tu’inukuafe was an Security Guard prior to signing to join North Harbour Rugby Union in 2015. North Harbour Rugby Union in the year 2015.

Tu’inukuafe was a model in the brand Johnny Bigg, a plus-sized menswear label, in the year 2018. A lot members of his All Blacks team-mates, such as Rieko Ioane and Joe Moody have also done this.

Tu’inukuafe made his first start for the All Blacks during the 2018 Rugby Championship, starring in a 46-24 victory over Argentina’s Los Pumas on 8 September. Tu’inukuafe was replaced by Tim Perry in the 59th minute and was one of the best-performing All Blacks against Los Pumas. Tu’inukuafe started again the following week, against South Africa’s Springboks, after Joe Moody was ruled out with injury for the rest of the competition. New Zealand had a shock loss to South Africa, losing 34-36, despite Tu’inukuafe’s 59-minute dominance over South African counterpart props, Frans Malherbe and Wilco Louw. Tu’inukuafe started in the last two tests against both Argentina and South Africa, both of which were wins for the All Blacks, winning them the competition and cementing his own place as a regular starter for his country.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Karl Tu'inukuafe height 6 ft 0 in Karl weight 135 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Karl Tu'inukuafe Dating?

According to our records, Karl Tu'inukuafe married to Finehika Tu'inukuafe. As of December 1, 2023, Karl Tu'inukuafe’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Karl Ranked on the list of most popular New Zealand rugby union player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Karl Tu'inukuafe celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.

Where was Karl Tu inukuafe?

After an injury-impacted season with the Blues, Tu’inukuafe has now signed for French powerhouse Montpellier , who were recently tipped out of the European Cup in the quarter-final stages by fellow Top 14 side La Rochelle.

How old is Karl Tu Inukuafe?

29 years (February 21, 1993)

How much does Karl Tu Inukuafe weight?

298 lbs

Is Karl Tu Inukuafe Tongan?

Karl TU’INUKUAFE (Karl (George) TU’INUKUAFE) is a 29-year-old Tongan rugby player standing at 1.86 m tall (6 ft 1 in) and weighing in at 135 kg (21 st 3.62 lb; 297.62 lb) , who currently plays for Blues in New Zealand as prop.

Who is prop on the All Blacks?

All Blacks and Blues prop Karl Tu’inukuafe will be heading back to France at the end of the season. The 29-year-old will join Top 14 side Montpellier next season, having previously played in the French second division with Narbonne in the 2015/16 season.