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

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