Masuisuimatama'ali'i Tauaua-Pauaraisa

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
PositionLock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 New Zealand Warriors 3 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP
As of 24 November 2020
Rugby union career
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
 Samoa
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2019  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.

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]

Rugby sevens

In July 2019, she captained the Samoa rugby sevens team at the 2019 Pacific Games.[22][23]

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. ^ "Manusina are the Asia Pacific Champions". Samoa Global News. 2 June 2019.
  23. ^ "Samoa rugby star thanks her husband for supporting her career". RNZ. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2024.