Tasia Seumanufagai

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Tasia Seumanufagai
Personal information
Born (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 35)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight76 kg (12 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 New Zealand Warriors 10000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2011 Samoa 10000
Source: RLP
As of 17 November 2020
Relatives Ava Seumanufagai (cousin)

Tasia Seumanufagai (born 15 September 1989) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

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Primarily a lock, she is a Samoan international and previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Seumanufagai was born in Auckland and raised in Wellington. Her cousin, Ava, is a professional rugby league player. [1] [2]

Playing career

In 2010, Seumanufagai began playing rugby league for the Randwick Kingfishers. [3] She later moved to Melbourne, where she began playing rugby union before playing rugby league for the Truganina Rabbitohs. [4] [5]

In 2011, she made her Test debut for Samoa against Australia in Apia. [6]

In May 2019, she represented the Combined Affiliated States at the Women's National Championships. [7] In June 2019, she was named in Samoa's squad for their Test against New Zealand but did not play. [8]

On 10 July 2019, she joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. [9] In Round 3 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 10–8 win over the Brisbane Broncos. [10]

In 2020, Seumanufagai played for the Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Seumanufagai makes big sacrifice". NRL. 5 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Meet the players: 2019 NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 26 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Seumanufagai continues to shine through sacrifice". Wests Tigers. 28 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Awards night winners". NRL Victoria.
  5. ↑ "Top 10 rising stars of women's rugby league to compete in National Championships". The Courier Mail. 28 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Sport: Fetu Samoa to play first women's international in eight years". RNZ . 20 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Pacific internationals keen to impress". RNZ . 14 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Hireme's signing huge coup". NZ Warriors. 10 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "TBT: Warriors bounce Broncos in big upset". NZ Warriors. 1 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "TEAMS: NSWRL Harvey Norman Women's Premiership - 2020 Round 1". LeagueUnlimited. 14 July 2020.
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