Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na 21 Eprel 2017, Kaufusi bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta ya na Oké Ifufe ruo na njedebe nke oge 2019. Na 6 Mee 2017, Kaufusi gbara bọọlụ maka Tonga megide Fiji na 2017 Pacific Test, ebe ọ malitere n'ahịrị nke abụọ na mmeri 26-24 na Campbelltown Stadium. N'oge oge ahụ, Kaufusi weghaara oghere nke abụọ nke Kevin Proctor na-apụ apụ ma jiri ohere ahụ were aka abụọ ma bụrụ ihe dị mkpa maka Oké Ifufe ahụ na-eduga na usoro nke ikpeazụ ebe ha bụ ndị mmeri nke obere obere Premiership. N'abalị mbụ nke ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 2017, n'egwuregwu Storm's 2017 NRL Grand Final megide North Queensland Cowboys, Kaufusi malitere na ahịrị nke abụọ wee gbaa mbọ na mmeri 34-6. Kaufusi emechaala ọpụpụ ya na 2017 NRL
ya na ya na-egwuri egwu niile Storm's 27 ọkụ na gbatara 9 agbalị. N'abalị atọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 2017, ụbọchị abụọ ka ha merisịrị na Grand Final, a kwụrụ Kaufusi ụgwọ site n'ịhọrọ ya na ndị otu Kangaroos mmadụ iri abụọ na anọ maka asọmpi Rugby League World Cup nke afọ 2017. Na 3 Nọvemba 2017, Kaufusi mere nnwale mbụ ya maka Australia megide France, ebe ọ na-egwuri egwu na bench na mmeri 52-6 na Canberra Stadium.