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Manu Tuilagi

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Manu Tuilagi

England rugby union centre

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3 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Manu Tuilagi bench press

Manu Tuilagi's recorded bench press is 200 kg. Source date: 2025-03-02. This was an official test. The source at tbrrugby.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

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Recalled Leicester Tigers academy test, age 18

Source quote and limits
“200 kilograms at one rep max on the bench”

England great Manu Tuilagi confirms a Leicester Tigers rumour that has followed his rugby career

Tuilagi recalls a Leicester academy test on the Hits Different podcast. He places it at age 18, before the club stopped his weight training. The exact test year is unstated; date is the report date. The source explicitly calls the bench a one-rep maximum. The squat variation is unstated.

  1. 2025

    • Bench press200 kg

      Official testRecalled Leicester Tigers academy test, age 18

      Said in an interview, tbrrugby.com2025-03-02

      Quote and details
      “200 kilograms at one rep max on the bench”

      England great Manu Tuilagi confirms a Leicester Tigers rumour that has followed his rugby career

  2. 2013

    • Bench press190 kg

      Max or PREngland centre; coach Paul Stridgeon describes current bench max

      Trainer said, ibtimes.co.uk2013-04-24 · age 21medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “Manu Tuilagi has now got his max up to 190kg”

      How to Train Like an International Rugby Player

Manu Tuilagi Squat (variation not stated)

Manu Tuilagi's recorded Squat (variation not stated) is 210 kg. Source date: 2025-03-02. This was an official test. The source at tbrrugby.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

Recalled Leicester Tigers academy test, age 18

Source quote and limits
“210 [kilograms] on the squat”

England great Manu Tuilagi confirms a Leicester Tigers rumour that has followed his rugby career

Tuilagi recalls a Leicester academy test on the Hits Different podcast. He places it at age 18, before the club stopped his weight training. The exact test year is unstated; date is the report date. The source explicitly calls the bench a one-rep maximum. The squat variation is unstated.

  1. 2025

    • Squat (variation not stated)210 kg

      Official testRecalled Leicester Tigers academy test, age 18

      Said in an interview, tbrrugby.com2025-03-02

      Quote and details
      “210 [kilograms] on the squat”

      England great Manu Tuilagi confirms a Leicester Tigers rumour that has followed his rugby career

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Photo: Original photo by George Olcott; cropped by Blackcat, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.