Full name | Theresa Matauaina Fitzpatrick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 February 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Sulu Fitzpatrick (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theresa Matauaina Fitzpatrick (born 25 February 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She was a member of the Black Ferns champion 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup squads. She has also represented New Zealand in rugby sevens; she won gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cup Sevens. She played for the Blues Women in the 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season.Since her marriage in December 2023 she has used the surname, Setefano.
Theresa Matauaina Fitzpatrick was born on 25 February 1995 to Greg and Faalogo Rosemary Fitzpatrick. [1]
Fitzpatrick represents New Zealand in rugby sevens. She made her sevens debut at the 2016 USA Women's Sevens. [2] [3] She was named in the sevens squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [4] [5]
Fitzpatrick was named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad [6] [7] and was part of the winning team of the 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series. [8]
On 3 November 2021, She was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition. [9] [10]
Fitzpatrick was named in the Blues starting line up for their first game against Matatū, they won 21–10. [11] [12] She also started in their 0–35 thrashing by the Chiefs Manawa in the final round. [13] [14]
Fitzpatrick was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [15] [16] She won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. [17] [18]
In August 2022, she was selected in Black Ferns XV's team for the test series against Australia for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup. [19] [20] She made the Black Ferns 32-player squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. [21] [22] She scored a try in the second pool game against Wales. [23] [24] Her second try came in the final pool game against Scotland. [25] [26] Fitzpatrick also scored a try in the Black Ferns nail-biting semifinal clash with France as they fought their way into the final. [27] [28]
After taking a break from rugby through most of 2023 she was named in February 2024 in the Black Fern Sevens squad for the remainder of the 2023-24 season. [29]
Fitzpatrick undertakes medical studies at the University of Auckland. [30]
In Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on 22nd December 2023 Fitzpatrick married Ryan Quentin Setefano. [1] Setefano played 166 premier games for Marist St Pats rugby team and was head coach of the club’s women’s team for eight seasons. [31] In 2023 he was appointed he assistant coach to Wellington Pride women’s rugby team during their 2023 Farah Palmer Cup campaign.
Her older sister, Sulu Fitzpatrick is a New Zealand netball international. The Fitzpatrick sisters both represented New Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [32]
Two of Fitzpatrick's uncles, Olo Brown and Tana Umaga, were New Zealand rugby union internationals. [1]
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