Awhina Tangen-Wainohu

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Awhina Tangen-Wainohu
Date of birth (1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 26)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021– Chiefs Manawa 1 (0)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017 Hawke's Bay 6 (0)
2018 – present Waikato 15 (15)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4 (5)
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 New Zealand Team competition

Awhina Tangen-Wainohu (born 16 December 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for New Zealand at international level and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Waikato provincially.

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Rugby career

2021

Tangen-Wainohu was named in the Chiefs team that played the Blues women in the first-ever women's super rugby match at Eden Park on 1 May 2021. [1] [2] [3] She was later selected for the Chiefs Manawa squad for the inaugural 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season. [4] [5]

2022

On August, Tangen-Wainohu was named in the Black Ferns squad for the Laurie O’Reilly Cup Test series. [6] [7] She made her international debut for New Zealand on 20 August against Australia at the Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch. [8] [9]

Tangen-Wainohu was also selected for the 32-player squad to the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. [10] [11] She scored her first try against the Wallaroos in the opening match of the World Cup. [12] [13]

2023

On 17 April, She was given a fulltime Black Ferns contract for the first time as New Zealand Rugby announced the 34-contracted-players for the year. [14] [15]

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