Tiana Davison

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Tiana Davison
Personal information
Born (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 23)
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand [1]
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight79 kg (12 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2022–23 Newcastle Knights 81004
2024– Sydney Roosters 00000
Total81004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2023 New Zealand 20000
Source: [2]
As of 9 November 2023

Tiana Davison (born 26 October 2000) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her position is second-row. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights.

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Background

Born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Davison played rugby union for the Clifton Rugby Club growing up. [3]

Playing career

Early years

In 2017, Davison was selected in the New Zealand under-17 and under-18 girl's rugby sevens wider training group, to prepare for a development camp in Auckland. [4] By 2018, she was playing for the senior Clifton Rugby Club women's team and was a part of the winning New Zealand side at the Oceania under-18s Sevens Championship. [1] [5] In 2019, she played for the Manawatu Rugby Union club in the Farah Palmer Cup, before joining the Taranaki Whio in 2020. [6] In November 2020, she was selected in the Red Bull Ignite7 sevens squad. [7]

2022

In 2022, Davison returned to the Clifton Rugby Club side in the Taranaki women's competition. [8] In June, she signed with the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership for the 2022 season, [9] making the switch to rugby league, despite never having played a game in the sport before. [8] In round 3 of the 2022 NRLW season, she made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels. [10]

2023

In 2023, Davison was a Premiership winner with the Newcastle Knights. On 15 December 2023, Davison signed a one-year deal to play for the Sydney Roosters in the 2024 season. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tiana Davison". New Zealand Olympic Team. 18 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Tiana Davison - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  3. ↑ "Tiana Davison". Newcastle Knights.
  4. ↑ "Women's 7's on the rise in Southland!". www.rugbysouthland.co.nz.
  5. ↑ "Tiana Davison making big strides in rugby". College Sport Media.
  6. ↑ "Taranaki Whio: PREVIEW 2020". allblacks.com.
  7. ↑ "Exciting female talent named for Red Bull Ignite7". allblacks.com.
  8. 1 2 Andrews, Emma (19 June 2022). "Heart and soul get the gold at Taranaki women's premier rugby finals". Stuff.
  9. ↑ "Knights confirm further 2022 NRLW signings". Newcastle Knights. 9 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "NRLW Squad Update: Three debutants named". Newcastle Knights. 3 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Tiana Davison and Jasmin Strange join Roosters NRLW squad". Sydney Roosters. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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