Angel Mulu

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Angel Mulu
Date of birth (1999-11-21) 21 November 1999 (age 25)
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight107 kg (236 lb)
School Tauranga Girls' College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Mount Maunganui (0)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018– Bay of Plenty 19 (20)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022 Chiefs Manawa 1 (5)
2025 Hurricanes Poua (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022 New Zealand 2 (0)

Angel Mulu (born 21 November 1999) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays at Prop for the Black Ferns internationally and for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.

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Biography

Mulu attended Tauranga Girls' College. She plays for the Bay of Plenty Volcanix and made her debut for them in 2018.

2019

In 2019 Mulu featured for Black Ferns Development team at the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in Fiji. [1]

2022

Mulu played for the Chiefs in the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. [2] She made history when she scored the competitions first-ever try against Matatū. [3] [4]

Mulu was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series. [5] [6] She made her international debut on 6 June against Australia at Tauranga at the Pacific Four Series. [7] [8]

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  4. McDonald, Kelvin (12 March 2022). "Highlights: Chiefs' Angel Mulu scores historic first try of inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition". Māori Television. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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