Liana Mikaele-Tu'u

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Liana Mikaele-Tu'u
Date of birth (2002-03-02) 2 March 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Hastings, New Zealand
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
School Hastings Girls' High School
Notable relative(s) Marino Mikaele-Tu'u (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward, number 8
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 Hawke's Bay 6 (10)
2020– Auckland 9 (10)
Correct as of 2 May 2022
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021–Present Blues Women 3 (0)
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021– New Zealand 6 (0)
Correct as of 19 June 2022
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

Liana Mikaele-Tu'u (born 2 March 2002) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She played for Hawke's Bay previously before moving to Auckland.

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Rugby career

Mikaele-Tu’u attended Hastings Girls High School and debuted for Hawke's Bay in the Farah Palmer Cup in 2019. [1] She moved to Auckland in 2020 to study physiotherapy at university and currently plays for Auckland. [1]

2021

Mikaele-Tu'u played for the Blues against the Chiefs in the first-ever women's Super Rugby match in New Zealand on 1 May 2021. [2] [3]

Mikaele-Tu'u made her Black Ferns test debut against England in Exeter on 31 October. [4] [5] [6] On 3 November, She was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition. [7] [8]

2022

Mikaele-Tu'u was named in the Blues starting line up for their first game against Matatū, they won 21–10. [9] [10] She also started in their 0–35 thrashing by the Chiefs Manawa in the final round. [11] [12]

Mikaele-Tu’u was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series. [13] She made the team once again for the deferred 2021 Rugby World Cup that was hosted by New Zealand. [14] [15] She scored a try for the Black Ferns as they thrashed Scotland 57–0 in their final pool game. [16] [17]

2023

In July, she made the starting line up in the Black Ferns 21–52 victory over Canada at the Pacific Four Series in Ottawa. [18] [19]

Personal life

Her brother is Highlanders loose forward Marino Mikaele-Tu’u.

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