Santo Taumata

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.

Santo Taumata
Date of birth (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021–Present Bay of Plenty 6 (0)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022–Present Chiefs Manawa (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022  New Zealand 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal – first place2021 New ZealandTeam competition

Rugby career

2022

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

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
  1. "2022 Chiefs Women's Squad announced". Chiefs. 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  2. "Inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki squads announced". superrugby.co.nz. 2021-11-04. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  3. "Waitomo Chiefs Manawa bolster prop stocks". NZ Herald. 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  4. "Black Ferns named for O'Reilly Cup Test series". allblacks.com. 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  5. "Wayne Smith eyeing sevens stars for Black Ferns' World Cup tilt". 1 News. 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  6. Burnes, Campbell (2022-08-27). "Black Ferns made to work hard in Adelaide". allblacks.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  7. Shannon, Kris (2022-08-27). "Work to be done: Black Ferns not at their best in scrappy win". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  8. "Black Ferns squad locked in for Rugby World Cup". allblacks.com. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  9. "Black Ferns Rugby World Cup squad named". RNZ. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  10. "Santo Taumata re-signs for 2023". Chiefs. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  11. Ekin, Kim (2023-04-19). "Black Ferns announce contracts for 34 players including six Super Rugby Aupiki standouts". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  12. "Black Ferns contracts announced for 2023". allblacks.com. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
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