New Zealand rugby sevens player
Rugby player
Tenika Willison (born 7 December 1997) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.[2] She played for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She also plays for the Black Ferns sevens internationally and won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Rugby career
Rugby sevens
Willison debuted for the Black Ferns Sevens side in 2016.[3] She competed for New Zealand in the women's sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she won a gold medal.[4][5]
Willison was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[6][7] She won a bronze medal at the event.[8][9] She later competed in her second Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town and won a silver medal.[10][11][12]
Fifteens
Willison was signed by Chiefs Manawa for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season.[4][5] She was selected in the Black Ferns fifteens 30-player squad to compete in the Pacific Four Series and O'Reilly Cup.[3][13] She made her international debut against Australia on 29 June 2023 at Brisbane.[14][15]
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