Bradford
Tupou signed for Bradford Bulls in April 2007. Tupou agreed to a switch to Bradford as a direct replacement for Lesley Vainikolo who joined Gloucester RFC in May 2007. Tupou made his debut against Huddersfield Giants in the quarter finals of the 2007 Challenge Cup on 6 June with two tries as a substitute in the Bulls' win. He enjoyed a good start to his Bulls career by scoring 10 tries in 11 games that season.
Tupou made a poor start in 2008 due to knee injuries, starting in three games and coming on as a substitute in others. In August that year he was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but was not selected in the final squad after he had to undergo another knee reconstruction.
In April 2009 Bradford released Tupou after a Rugby Football League tribunal allowed the club to exercise a clause in his contract which stated that the player's contract could be terminated if he was unable to play or train for a 26 week period in any one year.
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