Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 21 ga Afrilu 2017, Kaufusi ya sake sanya hannu kan kwantiraginsa tare da Storm har zuwa ƙarshen kakar 2019. A ranar 6 ga Mayu 2017, Kaufusi ya buga wa Tonga wasa da Fiji a cikin gwajin Pacific na 2017, inda ya fara a jere na biyu a nasarar 26-24 a filin wasa na Campbelltown. A lokacin kakar wasa, Kaufusi ya karbi matsayi na biyu na biyu daga Kevin Proctor wanda ya tafi kuma ya dauki damar da hannayensa biyu kuma ya taimaka wa Storm zuwa ga gudu har zuwa jerin fina-finai inda suka lashe gasar cin kofin Premier. A ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 2017, a cikin Storm's 2017 NRL Grand Final da North Queensland Cowboys, Kaufusi ya fara a jere na biyu kuma ya zira kwallaye a nasarar 34-6. Kaufusi ya kammala tsallakawa
2017 NRL kakar tare da shi wasa duk Storm ta 27 wasanni da kuma ya zira kwallaye 9. A ranar 3 ga Oktoba, 2017, kwana biyu bayan nasarar Grand Final, an ba Kaufusi lada tare da zaɓar shi a cikin 'yan wasan 24 na Kangaroos don gasar Rugby League ta Duniya ta 2017. A ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2017, Kaufusi ya fara buga wasan farko a Australia a kan Faransa, inda ya buga wasan daga benci a cikin nasarar 52-6 a filin wasa na Canberra.