Masuisuimatamaalii Tauaua-Pauaraisa
Masuisuimatamaalii "Sua" Tauaua-Pauaraisa (born 30 October 1987) is a Samoan rugby league and rugby sevens footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.
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| Full name | Masuisuimatamaalii Tauaua-Pauaraisa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 October 1987 Motoʻotua, Samoa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (11 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She is a New Zealand and Samoa representative in rugby league and a Samoa representative in rugby sevens.
Background
Born in Motoʻotua, Samoa, Tauaua-Pauaraisa moved to Auckland when she was 13, where she played rugby union for Tangaroa College. In 2010, she moved to Christchurch. [1][2]
Playing career
In Christchurch, Tauaua-Pauaraisa played for Canterbury in the Farah Palmer Cup. In 2016, she began playing rugby league for the Linwood Keas.[3]
On 4 June 2018, Tauaua-Pauaraisa was named in the New Zealand train-on squad.[4]
On 31 July 2018, she signed with the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[5] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters.[6]
On 13 October 2018, she made her Test debut for New Zealand in a 24–26 loss to Australia at Mt Smart Stadium.[7]
On 22 June 2019, Tauaua-Pauaraisa made her Test debut for Samoa, starting at second-row in a 8–46 loss to New Zealand.[8]
In July 2019, she captained the Samoa rugby sevens team at the 2019 Pacific Games.[9]
References
- "Profiling all 22 players in our women's squad". NZ Warriors. 3 August 2018.
- "Kea's edge Tigers in epic Women's Grand Final". Canterbury Rugby League. 26 August 2018.
- "Dual-international Pauaraisa wants to keep giving back to Samoa". Samoa Observer. 13 January 2019.
- "Kiwi Ferns squad named after nationals". NZ Warriors. 4 June 2018.
- "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
- "Club's first women's team named". NZ Warriors. 5 September 2018.
- "Big Warriors presence in Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 2 October 2018.
- "Kiwi Ferns, Fetu Samoa perform hair-raising war cries". Fox Sports. 22 June 2019.
- "Manusina are the Asia Pacific Champions". Samoa Global News. 2 June 2019.