External links
- Olajuwon Noa at European Professional Club Rugby
- Olajuwon Noa at ESPNscrum
- Olajuwon Noa at ItsRugby.co.uk
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| Date of birth | 28 December 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olajuwon Noa (born 28 December 1989) [1] is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship. His playing position is flanker. Noa joined the Sharks ahead of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship, having previously played semi-professionally in the Shute Shield for NHRU Wildfires. [2] Noa also represented both the Melbourne Rising and Canberra Vikings in the National Rugby Championship. [3] In 2021, Noa won his first caps for Samoa in their 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers against Tonga. [4]
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