New Zealand & Cook Islands international rugby league footballer
Crystal Tamarua Born (1995-07-30 ) 30 July 1995 (age 29) Auckland , New ZealandHeight 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) Weight 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) Position Prop , Second-row , Halfback
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.[ 1]
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 .[ 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] 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 .[ 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] 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]
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