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Va’aiga Tuigamala, dual-code rugby legend, dies aged 52

Va’aiga Tuigamala, playing for Samoa at the 1999 rugby union World Cup.
Va’aiga Tuigamala, playing for Samoa at the 1999 rugby union World Cup. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto

Jason Robinson has led a series of emotional tributes to dual-code rugby legend Va’aiga Tuigamala after his death at the age of 52.

Tuigamala, known globally as “Inga the Winger”, played for the All Blacks at the 1991 Rugby Union World Cup before switching to represent his native Samoa in the 1995 Rugby League and 1999 union World Cups.

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