Masuisuimatama'ali'i Tauaua-Pauaraisa

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Sui Tauaua-Pauaraisa
Personal information
Full nameMasuisuimatamaalii Tauaua-Pauaraisa
Born (1987-10-30) 30 October 1987 (age 37)
Motoʻotua, Samoa
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018 New Zealand Warriors 30000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018 New Zealand 10000
2019 Samoa 10000
Source: RLP
As of 24 November 2020
Rugby union career
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2019Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa

Masuisuimatamaalii "Sua" Tauaua-Pauaraisa (born 30 October 1987) is a Samoan rugby league and rugby sevens footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

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She is a New Zealand and Samoa representative in rugby league and a Samoa representative in rugby union and sevens. [1] [2]

Early life and career

Born in Motoʻotua, Samoa, Tauaua-Pauaraisa moved to Auckland when she was 13, where she played rugby union for McAuley High School, Otahuhu, Auckland. In 2010, she moved to Christchurch. [3] [4]

Playing career

Rugby league

In 2016, she began playing rugby league for the Linwood Keas. [5] On 4 June 2018, Tauaua-Pauaraisa was named in the New Zealand train-on squad. [6]

On 31 July 2018, she signed with the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. [7] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters. [8]

On 13 October 2018, she made her Test debut for New Zealand in a 24–26 loss to Australia at Mt Smart Stadium. [9]

On 22 June 2019, Tauaua-Pauaraisa made her Test debut for Samoa, starting at second-row in a 8–46 loss to New Zealand. [10]

Rugby union

Tauaua-Pauaraisa led the Manusina XVs side at the Oceania Rugby Championship in 2018. [11] [12]

Tauaua-Pauaraisa played for Canterbury in the Farah Palmer Cup. She competed at the Vailima Marist International Sevens in Samoa with the Christchurch Women's Rugby team in 2019. [13] In 2021, she was named Tasman Mako FPC Player of the Year. [14]

She led the Manusina side when they won their first Oceania title in 2023. [15] [16] In 2024, she made her fifth start for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby Women's competition. [17]

In May 2024, she scored two tries for her side before being sent off the field against Tonga. [18] [19] She was cleared to play for Samoa in the final round of the Oceania Rugby Championship after she was initially cited for a high tackle in the match against Tonga. [20] In September, she was selected in the Samoan side that competed at the WXV 3 competition in Dubai. [21]

Rugby sevens

In July 2019, she captained the Samoa rugby sevens team at the 2019 Pacific Games. [22] [23]

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