Sui 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
Position(s) Back row
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2017 Canterbury 17 (5)
2021–2024 Tasman 22 (25)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018–Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 28 (30)
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]

She captained the Manusina side to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [22] [23]

Rugby sevens

In July 2019, she captained the Samoa rugby sevens team at the 2019 Pacific Games. [24] [25]

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby: Our Samoan International Women Captains around the world". www.thecoconet.tv. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "INKED - SUI TAUAUA-PAUARAISA - TALES OF TATAU". www.thecoconet.tv. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Profiling all 22 players in our women's squad". NZ Warriors. 3 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kea's edge Tigers in epic Women's Grand Final". Canterbury Rugby League. 26 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dual-international Pauaraisa wants to keep giving back to Samoa". Samoa Observer. 13 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kiwi Ferns squad named after nationals". NZ Warriors. 4 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Club's first women's team named". NZ Warriors. 5 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Big Warriors presence in Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 2 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Kiwi Ferns, Fetu Samoa perform hair-raising war cries". Fox Sports. 22 June 2019.
  11. ↑ Curtis, Taylor (21 December 2018). "Multi-code star winning Kiwi and Samoan hearts". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  12. ↑ Nasokia, Waisea (16 November 2018). "Samoa wary of PNG". fijisun.com.fj. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  13. ↑ Airey, Thomas (11 February 2019). "Pauaraisa: "Unreal" to bring Christchurch team to Samoa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Sui Pauaraisa". Tasman Mako. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  15. ↑ Birch, John (4 June 2023). "Samoa win dramatic Oceania XVs final". ScrumQueens. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  16. ↑ Romena, Romeka (5 June 2023). "It's heartbreaking and disappointing: Leweniqila". fijilive.com. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  17. ↑ "Rebels Super Rugby Women to Take on the Drua at Home". melbournerebels.rugby. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  18. ↑ "Fiji and Samoa secure Oceania places at WXV 3 2024". www.women.rugby. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  19. ↑ "Manusina defeat Tonga 29-7 in Round 2 of Oceania Rugby Women's Championship". Samoa Global News. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  20. ↑ "Manusina XV's Sui Pauaraisa Cleared to Play for Round 3". oceania.rugby. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  21. ↑ "Manusina Squad named to play Australia A & World Rugby WXV3". Talamua Online. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  22. ↑ "Samoa announce squad for Women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  23. ↑ Tora, Iliesa (7 August 2025). "Manusina XV aim to prove their worth at Women's Rugby World Cup". RNZ. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "Manusina are the Asia Pacific Champions". Samoa Global News. 2 June 2019.
  25. ↑ "Samoa rugby star thanks her husband for supporting her career". RNZ . 2 July 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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