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Maia Davis is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She is a member of the Black Ferns sevens team.
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Maia Davis is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She is a member of the Black Ferns sevens team.
She was educated at Manukura in Palmerston North, [1] where she won the National First XV Top 4 Championship finals in September 2024. [2]
She was still a student when she played for two seasons in the Farah Palmer Cup with the Manawatū Cyclones, along with two seasons with the New Zealand Under 18 Sevens team and a spell with the New Zealand Sevens Development team. In ten appearances for the Cyclones, Davis scored 10 tries and kicked 15 conversions, winning the 2024 Championship title with a 33-3 win over Otago. [3] She was offered a contract with New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team in October 2024. [4]
She made her debut as an 18 year-old for Black Ferns sevens team at the 2025 Canada Sevens in Vancouver in 2025, part of the 2024-25 SVNS series, and scored her first senior international try in a 41-7 win over Fiji. [5] [6] [7] New Zealand ultimately won the tournament. [8] She was a member of the New Zealand team which won the Hong Kong Sevens in March 2025. [9]
She is from a rugby union family, with her parents Moana and Peter both representing Hawkes Bay at first-class level, with Peter making 87 appearances on the wing for them between 1983 and 1993. [5] [7]