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| Birth name | Samuela Polo Asi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 September 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Moata'a, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 252 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Samoa. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuela Polo Asi (born June 7, 1977 in Moata'a) is a Samoan rugby union player. He plays as a prop.
He first played for Samoa as tighthead prop during the quarter-final match of the 1999 Rugby World Cup against Scotland, at Murrayfield . His last match for Samoa was against Fiji, at Tokyo, on July 8, 2001.
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