| Crystal Tamarua | |
| Birth Date: | 1995 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Height: | 174cm (69inches) |
| Weight: | 89kg (196lb) |
| Club1: | New Zealand Warriors |
| Year1start: | 2018 |
| Year1end: | present |
| Appearances1: | 7 |
| Tries1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 0 |
| Teama: | New Zealand |
| Yearastart: | 2017 |
| Yearaend: | present |
| Appearancesa: | 7 |
| Triesa: | 1 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 4 |
| Teamb: | Cook Islands |
| Yearbstart: | 2017 |
| Appearancesb: | 3 |
| Triesb: | 0 |
| Goalsb: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
| Pointsb: | 0 |
| Teamc: | New Zealand 9s |
| Yearcstart: | 2019 |
| Appearancesc: | 3 |
| Triesc: | 0 |
| Goalsc: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsc: | 0 |
| Pointsc: | 0 |
| Teamd: | Māori All Stars |
| Yeardstart: | 2021 |
| Appearancesd: | 1 |
| Triesd: | 0 |
| Goalsd: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsd: | 0 |
| Pointsd: | 0 |
| Source: | RLP |
| Updated: | 10 November 2022 |
Crystal Tamarua (born 30 July 1995) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a 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.
Born in Auckland, Tamarua played her junior rugby league for the Bay Roskill Vikings. Her sister, Rochelle, is a NZRL referee.[1]
On 6 May 2017, while playing for the Richmond Roses, Tamarua made her Test debut for New Zealand, starting at in a 4–16 loss to Australia.[2] [3]
In November 2017, Tamarua represented the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[4]
On 1 August 2018, Tamarua joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[5] In Round 2 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, starting at in a 10–22 loss to the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[6]
In October 2019, she was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad.[7]
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.[8]
On 20 February 2021, she represented the Māori All Stars in their 24–0 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[9] She joined the Burleigh Bears QRL Women's Premiership team for the 2021 season.[10]
In October 2022 she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England.[11]