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School rivals Fa’asavalu and Tuilagi meet again

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

When the Harlequins beat Leicester in the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final at Twickenham Stadium their flanker Maurie Fa’asavalu found himself opposing with his compatriot Leicester wing Alesana Tuilagi. The pair first locked horns as teenagers in Apia

Speaking earlier in the week Fa’asavalu said: ‘We are from the same club in Samoa -the Marist club in Apia. I used to play against Alesana in school games and then at the weekend I would play for Marist with Henry Tuilagi. I was at St Joseph’s College in Apia and Alesana went to Chanel College.

“These days he is a winger but back then when we played against each other, he was at No 12. He was a big boy!”

The Tuilagi family has strong connections with Leicester Tigers; Alex’s brothers Henry, Anitelea (Andy), and Fereti (Freddie) are all former players and two younger brothers, Vavae and Manu Tuilagi both played in a game for Leicester Tigers against the Classic All-Blacks, on the 25 May 2008.

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