Apii Nicholls-Pualau

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Apii Nicholls-Pualau
Personal information
Born (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 28)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight62 kg (9 st 11 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–19 New Zealand Warriors 6 0 7 0 14
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–19 New Zealand 7 2 3 0 14
2019 New Zealand 9s 4 0 0 0 0
As of 9 November 2020
Source: RLP

Apii Nicholls-Pualau (born 26 February 1993) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a fullback, she is a New Zealand representative.[1][2]

Background[]

Born in Rarotonga, Nicolls-Paualau represented the Cook Islands rugby sevens team before switching to rugby league.[3]

Playing career[]

In 2017, Nicholls-Paulau began playing for the Otahuhu Leopards in the Auckland Rugby League.[4] Later that year, she was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[5] She captained the team in a 50–4 win over Canada.[6] On 2 December 2017, she started at fullback in New Zealand's final loss to Australia.

On 11 February 2018, she was named the NZRL Women's Player of the Year.[7] On 1 August 2018, she joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[8] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, kicking a goal in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters.[9]

In October 2019, Nicholls-Pualau was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kiwi Ferns name World Cup squad". Rugby League World Cup. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Kiwi Ferns name squad for Rugby League World Cup". Newshub. 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Pre-game nerves no cop-out for Nicholls". NRL. 7 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Apii Nicholls". NZRL.
  5. ^ "Following Fiso no easy task". NRL. 14 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Apii Nicholls-Pualau ready to take charge of Kiwis". Ethan O'Gorman RL. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Four Vodafone Warriors honoured at NZRL awards". NZ Warriors. 11 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
  9. ^ "'I wake up and just start feeling really nervous' - Nicholls". NZ Warriors. 7 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Kiwi Ferns will find out who is their fastest". NRL. 17 October 2019.

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