Kiana Takairangi

Kiana Takairangi (born 20 July 1992) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Kiana Takairangi
Personal information
Born (1992-07-20) 20 July 1992
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (11 st 11 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Sydney Roosters 2 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Cook Islands 2 0 0 0 0
2019 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 0
2019 New Zealand 9s 3 2 0 0 8
As of 23 November 2020
Source: RLP

A centre or winger, Takairangi has represented the Cook Islands and New Zealand internationally.

Background

Kiana is the sister of Cook Islands and New Zealand international Brad Takairangi. Her father, Louis, played three games for the Parramatta Eels in 1987.

She has also played for the Los Angeles Temptation in the Legends Football League.[1]

Playing career

In 2017, Takairangi represented the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[2]

On 22 June 2019, Takairangi made her debut for New Zealand, starting at centre and scoring two tries in a 46–8 win over Samoa.[3][4] On 1 July 2019, she was named in the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership squad.[5]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Roosters in a 12–16 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[6] In October 2019, she was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad.[7]

In 2020, Takairangi re-signed with the Roosters as a development player for the 2020 NRL Women's season.

References
  1. "Brother/sister in arms". Cook Islands News. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020.
  2. "Cook Islands name team for 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup". Rugby League Planet. 11 October 2017.
  3. "Takairangi keeps up the family tradition in big Ferns win". NRL. 22 June 2019.
  4. "Two debutantes named in Kiwi Ferns test team to tackle Fetu Samoa". Stuff. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.<
  5. "Roosters announce 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 1 July 2019.
  6. "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 14 September 2019.
  7. "World Cup winners for WNRL Nines". NZ Warriors. 10 February 2020.
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