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Full name | Du'Plessis Ariu Kirifi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Francis Douglas Memorial College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Du'Plessis Ariu Kirifi (born 3 March 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby. His playing position is flanker. He has signed for the Hurricanes squad in 2019. [1]
He attended Francis Douglas Memorial College in New Plymouth [2] and is of Samoan descent. [3]
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