| Sui Tauaua-Pauaraisa | |||||
| Fullname: | Masuisuimatamaalii Tauaua-Pauaraisa | ||||
| Birth Date: | 1987 10, df=yes | ||||
| Birth Place: | Motoʻotua, Samoa | ||||
| Height: | 165cm (65inches) | ||||
| Weight: | 70kg (150lb) | ||||
| Year1start: | 2018 | ||||
| Appearances1: | 3 | ||||
| Tries1: | 0 | ||||
| Goals1: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 | ||||
| Points1: | 0 | ||||
| Teama: | New Zealand | ||||
| Yearastart: | 2018 | ||||
| Appearancesa: | 1 | ||||
| Triesa: | 0 | ||||
| Goalsa: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 | ||||
| Pointsa: | 0 | ||||
| Teamb: | Samoa | ||||
| Yearbstart: | 2019 | ||||
| Appearancesb: | 1 | ||||
| Triesb: | 0 | ||||
| Goalsb: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 | ||||
| Pointsb: | 0 | ||||
| Source: | RLP | ||||
| Updated: | 24 November 2020 | ||||
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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]
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]
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 in a 8–46 loss to New Zealand.[10]
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]
In July 2019, she captained the Samoa rugby sevens team at the 2019 Pacific Games.[22] [23]