| Born | 1 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denise Aiolupotea (born 1 October 1998) [a] is a Samoan rugby union player. She represents Samoa internationally and plays for Hurricanes Poua in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.
Aiolupotea was selected for Samoa's national netball team when she was 19. [2]
She was a netball development officer for Hawke's Bay Netball for six and a half years before she took up a role at Netball Hutt Valley. [3] [4]
Aiolupotea returned to Hawke's Bay Netball and was appointed as their Operations Manager earlier in 2022, before she was appointed as their new General Manager. [3] [4] She resigned from the position in 2024. [4]
Aiolupotea plays for Hawke's Bay at provincial level. On 30 October 2024, she was named in the Hurricanes Poua squad for the 2025 Super Rugby Aupiki season. [5]
She was named in the Manusina side to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [6] [7]