Masuisuimatama'ali'i 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.

Sui Tauaua-Pauaraisa
Personal information
Full nameMasuisuimatamaalii Tauaua-Pauaraisa
Born (1987-10-30) 30 October 1987
Motoʻotua, Samoa
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 New Zealand Warriors 3 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP
As of 24 November 2020
Rugby union career
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
 Samoa
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2019  Samoa

She is a New Zealand and Samoa representative in rugby league and a Samoa representative in rugby union and sevens.[1][2]

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. [3][4]

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.[5]

On 4 June 2018, Tauaua-Pauaraisa was named in the New Zealand train-on squad.[6]

On 31 July 2018, she signed with the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[7] 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.[8]

On 13 October 2018, she made her Test debut for New Zealand in a 24–26 loss to Australia at Mt Smart Stadium.[9]

On 22 June 2019, Tauaua-Pauaraisa made her Test debut for Samoa, starting at second-row in a 8–46 loss to New Zealand.[10]

In July 2019, she captained the Samoa rugby sevens team at the 2019 Pacific Games.[11]

References
  1. "Rugby: Our Samoan International Women Captains around the world". www.thecoconet.tv. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. "INKED - SUI TAUAUA-PAUARAISA - TALES OF TATAU". www.thecoconet.tv. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. "Profiling all 22 players in our women's squad". NZ Warriors. 3 August 2018.
  4. "Kea's edge Tigers in epic Women's Grand Final". Canterbury Rugby League. 26 August 2018.
  5. "Dual-international Pauaraisa wants to keep giving back to Samoa". Samoa Observer. 13 January 2019.
  6. "Kiwi Ferns squad named after nationals". NZ Warriors. 4 June 2018.
  7. "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
  8. "Club's first women's team named". NZ Warriors. 5 September 2018.
  9. "Big Warriors presence in Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 2 October 2018.
  10. "Kiwi Ferns, Fetu Samoa perform hair-raising war cries". Fox Sports. 22 June 2019.
  11. "Manusina are the Asia Pacific Champions". Samoa Global News. 2 June 2019.
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