Atawhai Tupaea

Atawhai Tupaea (born 3 February 1989) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played as a centre for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Atawhai Tupaea
Personal information
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989
Auckland, New Zealand
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 New Zealand Warriors 3 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–19 New Zealand 10 6 0 0 24
2019 New Zealand 9s 4 1 0 0 4
As of 28 November 2020
Source: RLP

She is a New Zealand representative.

Background

Born in Auckland, Tupaea represented New Zealand in touch football before switching to rugby league.[1]

Playing career

In 2014, Tupaea began playing for the Papakura Sisters and represented Counties Manukau.[2] On 9 November 2014, she made her Test debut for New Zealand, scoring a try in their 12–8 win over Australia at WIN Stadium.[3] On 28 January 2015, she was named the NZRL Women's Player of the Year.[4]

On 6 May 2016, she started on the wing and scored two tries for New Zealand in their 26–16 win over Australia.[5]

In 2017, she played all five games for New Zealand at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, including starting on the wing in their 16–23 final loss to Australia.[6]

In 2019, Tupaea returned to rugby league after a year off and was signed by the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[7] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, starting at centre and scoring a try in their 16–12 win over the Sydney Roosters.[8]

In October 2019, she was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad.[9]

References
  1. "Atawhai Tupaea". NZRL.
  2. "NZRL Awards Vodafone Warriors in line". NZ Warriors. 21 January 2015.
  3. "Kiwi Ferns pip Jillaroos in a thriller". NRL. 9 November 2014.
  4. "Mannering's player of the year double". NZ Warriors. 28 January 2015.
  5. "Magic night for Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 7 May 2016.
  6. "Ultimate guide to the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup". Fox Sports Australia. 14 November 2017.
  7. "Hireme's signing huge coup". NZ Warriors. 10 July 2019.
  8. "First NRLW side of season named". NZ Warriors. 10 September 2019.
  9. "World Cup winners for WNRL Nines". NZ Warriors. 10 February 2020.
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