By IAN HOWE
OLSEN FILIPAINA (23 April 1957 - 10 February 2022)
Olsen Orekewa Filipaina, who has died at the age of 64, was an outstanding Rugby League player and a Polynesian trailblazer who represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa on the international stage, while playing for the Balmain Tigers, Eastern Suburbs, and North Sydney Bears Obituary: Olden Filipaina – The Big O and a trailblazing Polynesian
By IAN HOWE
OLSEN FILIPAINA (23 April 1957 - 10 February 2022)
Olsen Orekewa Filipaina, who has died at the age of 64, was an outstanding Rugby League player and a Polynesian trailblazer who represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa on the international stage, while playing for the Balmain Tigers, Eastern Suburbs, and North Sydney Bears 
