Sione Tuipulotu (rugby union, born December 1997)
| Born | 2 December 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Wesley College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sione Tuipulotu (born 2 December 1997) is a Tongan rugby union player, who currently plays as a lock or loose forward for AZ-COM Maruwa MOMOTARO’S in Japan's regional Top East League Group A competition.
He previously played for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby.
Tuipulotu also played in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition for Manawatu (2019), Auckland (2020, 2021, 2023) and Hawke's Bay (2022).
Tuipulotu played for both Samoa and Tonga's Under 20 sides, while also being called up to the New Zealand Under 20 training squad.
On 27 May 2022, Tuipulotu was named in the Tongan national team for the 2022 Pacific Nations Cup and the Asia/Pacific qualification match for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. He made his international test debut for Tonga on 2 July 2022 against Fiji.