{{short description|Samoan rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Danny Tusitala | image = Danny Tusitala.jpg | image_size = | caption = Danny Tusitala playing for Old Glory DC | full_name = Danny Joseph Kirifi Tusitala | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | height = {{convert|172|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|83|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | school = Kelston Boys' High School | position = Half-back | currentclub = Old Glory DC | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = Aurillac | apps1 = 9 | points1 = 5 | years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = {{Rut|Auckland}} | apps2 = 17 | points2 = 10 | years3 = 2020– | clubs3 = Old Glory DC | apps3 = 58 | points3 = 76 | years4 = 2021 | clubs4 = {{Rut|Hawke's Bay}} | apps4 = 5 | points4 = 0 | repyears1 = 2016–2018 | repteam1 = Samoa A | repcaps1 = 13 | reppoints1 = 25 | repyears2 = 2016, 2024 | repteam2 = Samoa | repcaps2 = 5 | reppoints2 = 5 | clubupdate = 12 April 2024 | repupdate = 4 September 2024 | repsevensyears1 = 2015–2019 | repsevensteam1 = Samoa | repsevenscomp1 = 13 | ru_sevensupdate = }}
'''Danny Tusitala''' (born 18 October 1991 in New Zealand) is a Samoan rugby union player, who plays as a scrum-half for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby (MLR).<ref name="Old Glory DC is proud to announce the signing of half-back Danny Tusitala">{{cite press release | url=https://oldglorydc.com/signing-of-half-back-danny-tusitala/| title=Old Glory DC is proud to announce the signing of half-back Danny Tusitala | work=Old Glory DC | date=3 November 2019 | access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
In October 2021, he joined {{Rut|Hawke's Bay}} in the National Provincial Championship competition as an injury replacement for the remainder of their 2021 Bunnings NPC season.<ref name="Hawke's Bay Magpies lose skipper ahead of Canterbury match">{{cite web | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/hawkes-bay-magpies-lose-skipper-ahead-of-canterbury-match/7YAHHYLYZKH7MPJ3AGOGSG3SFQ/ | title=Hawke's Bay Magpies lose skipper ahead of Canterbury match | work=Hawke's Bay Today | date=15 October 2021 | access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
Tusitala previously played for Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup and Aurillac in the Pro D2. He has played for Samoa internationally in both the XV and sevens forms of the game.<ref name="Danny Tusitala It's Rugby player stats">{{cite web | url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/dannyjoseph-tusitala-36439.html | title=Danny Tusitala It's Rugby player stats | work=Itsrugby.co.uk | date=18 October 2021 | access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="Danny Tusitala ESPN stats">{{cite web | url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/290871.html | title=Danny Tusitala ESPN stats | work=ESPN Scrum | date=18 October 2021 | access-date=18 October 2021| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404163023/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/290871.html | archive-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>
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