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Full name | Viliami Fifita | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia | 9 January 2001|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 23 March 2024 |
Viliami Fifita (born 9 January 2001) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.
In round 1 of the 2024 NRL season, Fifita made his first grade debut for St. George Illawarra in their 28-4 victory over the Gold Coast. [2]
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