Santo Taumata (born 5 February 2003) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for the Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and for Bay of Plenty provincially.
| Date of birth | 5 February 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby career edit
2022 edit
Taumata was selected for the Chiefs Manawa squad for the inaugural 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season.[1][2] She was awarded the Emerging Player of the Year for her efforts in the 2022 Farah Palmer Cup season and was also Female Club Player of the Year at the 2022 Zespri Bay of Plenty Rugby Awards.[3]
Taumata was named in the Black Ferns squad for the Laurie O’Reilly Cup Test series against Australia.[4][5] She made her international debut on 27 August 2022 in Adelaide.[6][7] She was later selected for the 2021 Rugby World Cup 32-player squad.[8][9]
2023 edit
In 2023, She re-signed with the Chiefs Manawa for a second year.[3][10] On 17 April, She was given a fulltime Black Ferns contract for the first time as New Zealand Rugby announced the 34-contracted-players for the year.[11][12]
References edit
- ^ "2022 Chiefs Women's Squad announced". Chiefs. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki squads announced". superrugby.co.nz. 4 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Waitomo Chiefs Manawa bolster prop stocks". NZ Herald. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Black Ferns named for O'Reilly Cup Test series". allblacks.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Wayne Smith eyeing sevens stars for Black Ferns' World Cup tilt". 1 News. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Burnes, Campbell (27 August 2022). "Black Ferns made to work hard in Adelaide". allblacks.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Shannon, Kris (27 August 2022). "Work to be done: Black Ferns not at their best in scrappy win". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Black Ferns squad locked in for Rugby World Cup". allblacks.com. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Black Ferns Rugby World Cup squad named". RNZ. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Santo Taumata re-signs for 2023". Chiefs. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ Ekin, Kim (19 April 2023). "Black Ferns announce contracts for 34 players including six Super Rugby Aupiki standouts". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Black Ferns contracts announced for 2023". allblacks.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.