Paul Perez is a Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

n rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player, currently playing with the .

He started playing his rugby in New Zealand, playing for Taranaki from 2006 to 2009, where he was also their leading try-scorer in 2008. However, after being convicted of assault, he was deported back to Samoa in 2010. He looked set to join RC Toulon

RC Toulonnais

RC Toulonnais is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

 in the French Top 14 competition, but visa problems prevented him from making the move to France and he joined the instead for the 2011 Currie Cup First Division

2011 Currie Cup First Division

-Changes from 2010:*None, no teams were promoted or relegated.-Team Listing:-Fixtures and results:* Fixtures are subject to change.* All times are South African .-Round One:-Round Two:-Round Three:-Round Four:...

season.