Date of birth | 1972 (age 51–52)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Kelston Boys' High School[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Falanisi Manukia, known also as Francis Manukia, (born in 1972) is a Tongan former rugby union player who played as fly-half.
Manukia debuted for Tonga on 4 July 1993, playing against Australia in Brisbane He was also part of the 1995 Rugby World Cup Tonga squad, however, Manukia did not play any match in the tournament as a result of a hamstring injury, with Elisi Vunipola taking the role as Tonga's regular fly-half. His last international cap was against Japan, in Tokyo on 19 February 1995.[6]