Northern Hemisphere Rugby Union
He left St. Helens in June 2000 and signed for Leicester Tigers, also making his return to the Samoa national side. He toured with them in the summer of 2002. He was also selected to tour New Zealand, but was prevented from doing so by an injury, which also denied him a place in national side's world cup squad. In the 2003-4 season his younger brother Henry also signed for Leicester, and his younger brother Alesana joined the following season. In 2004-5 season Tuilagi signed for Cardiff Blues. Unfortunately injury limited the number of times he was able to play for Cardiff and was released early In 2005-6 season Tuilagi played for Castres Olympique in the French Top 14.
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