| Kelsie Thwaites | |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1993 |
| Height: | 1.84m |
| Weight: | 81 kg |
| Ru Position: | Lock |
| Ru Provinceyears1: | 2019–Present |
| Ru Province1: | Bay of Plenty |
| Ru Provinceapps1: | 16 |
| Ru Provincepoints1: | 10 |
| Superyears1: | 2021–2023 |
| Super1: | Chiefs Manawa |
| Superapps1: | 1 |
| Superpoints1: | 0 |
| Repyears1: | 2020–Present |
| Repcaps1: | 2 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Kelsie Thwaites (née Wills; born 8 January 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She previously represented New Zealand in Beach volleyball before switching to rugby.[1]
Thwaites completed an indoor volleyball scholarship in the United States, and played professionally in Paris.
Thwaites and playing partner Shaunna Polley represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2] They were the nation's first women's beach volleyball team to compete at the Games. The pair won a bronze medal at the Ulsan Open in South Korea on the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.[3]
Thwaites made a switch to rugby union in 2019. She made the Bay of Plenty Volcanix squad in her debut year for the Farah Palmer Cup.[4] [5] She wore the black jersey for the first time in two non-test matches against the NZ Barbarians in 2020. She made her international debut for the Black Ferns against England on 31 October 2021 at Exeter.[6]
Thwaites was named in the Chiefs Manawa squad for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season.[7]