Tafao Asaua

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Tafao Asaua
Personal information
Full nameTafao Fa'aeaina Asaua
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight116 kg (18 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2024 Parramatta Eels 20000
2025– Nth Qld Cowboys 10000
Total30000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2023 Samoa 10000
Source: [1]
As of 17 August 2025

Tafao Fa'aeaina Asaua (born 2004) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.

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A Samoan international, she previously played for the Parramatta Eels.

Background

Asaua played her junior rugby league for Otahuhu, where she was selected to represent the Counties Manukau Stingrays and the New Zealand 18s team in 2022. [2] [3]

Playing career

Early years

In 2023, Asaua moved to Australia, joining the Manly Sea Eagles, playing for their under-19 Tarsha Gale Cup team. [4] In May 2023, she was selected to represent the under-19 New South Wales City team. [5] [6]

On 15 October 2023, Asaua made her Test debut for Samoa, coming off the bench in their 26–12 win over Fiji. [7] [8]

2024

Asaua joined the Parramatta Eels Top 24 squad in 2024 after being a development player for the club in 2023. [9]

She began the season playing for the Eels' NSWRL Women's Premiership team. [10]

In Round 4 of the 2024 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Eels, coming off the bench in a 12–10 win over the Wests Tigers. [11] She played one more game for the club before departing at the end of the season.

2025

On 12 May, Asaua was announced as a development player for the North Queensland Cowboys. [12] On 18 June, she was upgraded to the club's top 24 squad. [13]

In Round 7 of the 2025 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Cowboys in their 22–6 win over the Bulldogs. [14]

References

  1. "Tafao Asaua – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "National Youth Competition". NZRL.
  3. "Depth Of Talent On Display This Representative Weekend". Scoop.co.nz. 19 October 2022.
  4. "Sea Eagles record historic win in Tarsha Gale Cup". Manly Sea Eagles. 4 February 2023.
  5. "Three Sea Eagles players to represent City". Manly Sea Eagles. 4 May 2023.
  6. "NSW Country-City squads for 2023 have been named". NSWRL. 1 May 2023.
  7. "Eels called up for Test duty". Parramatta Eels. 4 October 2023.
  8. "A massive privilege': Fetu Samoa relish Williams-Guthrie inclusion". NRL. 3 October 2023.
  9. "2024 NRLW Signings Tracker: Eales signs with Eels". Parramatta Eels. 9 August 2024.
  10. "HNWP Team List: Round 1". Parramatta Eels. 2 July 2024.
  11. "NRLW Late Mail: Round 4". Parramatta Eels. 18 August 2024.
  12. "Cowboys 2025 NRLW squad announced". NQ Cowboys. 12 May 2025.
  13. "New addition to our Top squad". X. 18 June 2025.
  14. "As it happened: Tigers break drought; Roosters, Cowboys salute". NRL. 17 August 2025.