Tasia Seumanufagai
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| Born | 15 September 1989 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 17 November 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Ava Seumanufagai (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tasia Seumanufagai (born 15 September 1989) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
Primarily a lock, she is a Samoan international and previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Background
[edit]Seumanufagai was born in Auckland and raised in Wellington. Her cousin, Ava, is a professional rugby league player.[1][2]
Playing career
[edit]In 2010, Seumanufagai began playing rugby league for the Randwick Kingfishers.[3] She later moved to Melbourne, where she began playing rugby union before playing rugby league for the Truganina Rabbitohs.[4][5]
In 2011, she made her Test debut for Samoa against Australia in Apia.[6]
In May 2019, she represented the Combined Affiliated States at the Women's National Championships.[7] In June 2019, she was named in Samoa's squad for their Test against New Zealand but did not play.[8]
On 10 July 2019, she joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[9] In Round 3 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 10–8 win over the Brisbane Broncos.[10]
In 2020, Seumanufagai played for the Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Seumanufagai makes big sacrifice". NRL. 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Meet the players: 2019 NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Seumanufagai continues to shine through sacrifice". Wests Tigers. 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Awards night winners". NRL Victoria.
- ^ "Top 10 rising stars of women's rugby league to compete in National Championships". The Courier Mail. 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Sport: Fetu Samoa to play first women's international in eight years". RNZ. 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Pacific internationals keen to impress". RNZ. 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Hireme's signing huge coup". NZ Warriors. 10 July 2019.
- ^ "TBT: Warriors bounce Broncos in big upset". NZ Warriors. 1 October 2020.
- ^ "TEAMS: NSWRL Harvey Norman Women's Premiership - 2020 Round 1". LeagueUnlimited. 14 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1989 births
- Living people
- 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
- New Zealand female rugby league players
- New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
- New Zealand Warriors (NRLW) players
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby league players from Auckland
- Samoa women's national rugby league team players
- Samoan rugby league players