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Birth name | Asaeli T. Tikoirotuma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 June 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Suva, Dominion of Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb; 201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Marist Brothers High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asaeli Tikoirotuma (born 24 June 1986) is a Fijian rugby union player. His regular playing position is wing.
Until 2018 he played for the London Irish in the Green King IPA Championship [1]
In his inaugural Super Rugby season in 2012, he won the Super Rugby title with the Chiefs on 4 August at the 2012 Super Rugby Final at home at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton. At the end of the 2012 season, he scored 7 tries, which meant he was joint 10th with 4 other players on the leading try scorers table.
In October 2013, he was named in the Fiji team to their 2013 end-of-year tour.
On 5 June 2014, Tikoirotuma officially joined Harlequins in England on a two-year contract. [2] However, he was granted early release to join Premiership rivals London Irish for the forthcoming 2015–16 season. [3]
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