Career
Tipoki played for a wide variety of teams including Rugby. He currently plays for Ruatoria-based East Coast. In his early career he played for Auckland Blues and Otago Highlanders in the Super 12 and the New Zealand 7s.
He played one season for the Crusaders in 2007, before departing to
In all he made 29 appearances (including 27 competitive & 10 Heineken Cup games) for, scoring 3 tries.
At the minute however, I am not up to the level of fitness required and would not like to do the jersey or the team an injustice by taking the field when I know I can"t give my all. This time in has been brilliant for me and my family and while there is only one place you can call home, we will leave with some great memories and having made lifelong friends."
After a couple of years of recuperation in New Zealand, in 2011 Tipoki signed for the Ruatoria based team, East Coast.