Tiana Metuarau

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Tiana Metuarau (born 15 January 2001) is a New Zealand netball player of Cook Island, Tahitian and Māori (Ngāti Porou) descent.[1][2][3] She plays in goal (goal shoot and goal attack) and first played for the national team, the Silver Ferns, in September 2021.[4]

Biography[]

Metuarau was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, in 2001 and moved to New Zealand when she was three years old.[2] Her mother, Waimarama Taumaunu, is a netball coach and was England's national director of netball when Metuarau was born.[5][6] Her father, , is a rugby coach and previously coached the Cook Islands national rugby team.[7]

She attended Wellington East Girls' College and played for the Wellington team, Central Pulse, for four seasons.[2] She also played for two years in the New Zealand Secondary Schools netball team.[7] In 2017, when Metuarau was 16 years old, she was named in the New Zealand under-21 netball team; she was the youngest member of the team at the time.[1] In 2021, she moved to Dunedin to play for the Southern Steel team.[8]

In her debut for the Silver Ferns, Metuarau played goal attack in a Taini Jamison Trophy match against England in Christchurch.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Player detail • Netball New Zealand". www.netballnz.co.nz. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "The netball star eliminating barriers for Māori and Pasifika". RNZ. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Tiana Metuarau – Pulse Netball". www.pulse.org.nz. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Netball: Shooters Tiana Metuarau, Jamie Hume in line for Silver Ferns debuts against England". Newshub. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Silver Ferns edge England to make winning start to Taini Jamison Trophy". Stuff. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Netball: Waimarama Taumaunu's teenage daughter Tiana Metuarua earns Central Pulse call-up". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Youth no barrier for NZSS netballer Tiana Metuarau". College Sport Media. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Daughters of Silver Ferns passed the black dress". Newsroom. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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