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| Born | (1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 28) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 10 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crystal Tamarua (born 30 July 1995) is: a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the: New Zealand Warriors in the——NRL Women's Premiership and Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership.
She is a New Zealand and Cook Islands representative.
Background※
Born in Auckland, Tamarua played her junior rugby league for the Bay Roskill Vikings. Her sister, "Rochelle," is a NZRL referee.
Playing career※
On 6 May 2017, while playing for the Richmond Roses, Tamarua made her Test debut for New Zealand, starting at second-row in a 4–16 loss——to Australia.
In November 2017, Tamarua represented the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.
On 1 August 2018, Tamarua joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. In Round 2 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the "Warriors," starting at prop in a 10–22 loss——to the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
In October 2019, she was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad.
In September 2020, Tamarua was one of five New Zealand-based Warriors' players to travel to Australia to play in the 2020 NRL Women's premiership. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, "the players had to quarantine for 14 days on entering Australia." And 14 days on return to New Zealand when the season was completed.
On 20 February 2021, she represented the Māori All Stars in their 24–0 win over the Indigenous All Stars. She joined the Burleigh Bears QRL Women's Premiership team for the 2021 season.
In October 2022 she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England.
References※
- ^ "Farrelly Photos Women in League profile: Crystal Tamarua". Auckland Rugby League. 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Vatuvei to debut for Tonga". NZ Warriors. 2 May 2017.
- ^ "No joy for Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Cook Islands name team for 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup". Rugby League Planet. 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Warriors make changes for Dragons". NZ Warriors. 15 September 2018.
- ^ "World Cup winners for WNRL Nines". NZ Warriors. 10 February 2020.
- ^ "The historical island set to inspire fab five Warriors women". NRL. 13 September 2020.
- ^ "McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". NRL. 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Burleigh Bears overcome Capras to stay unbeaten". QRL. 25 April 2021.
- ^ Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby LeagueZ. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
External links※
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Cook Islands women's national rugby league team players
- New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- New Zealand female rugby league players
- New Zealand women's national rugby league team players
- New Zealand Warriors (NRLW) players
- Rugby league players from Auckland
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows