Tiana Davison

Tiana Davison (born 26 October 2000) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her position is second-row.

Tiana Davison
Personal information
Born (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand[1]
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight79 kg (12 st 6 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022– Newcastle Knights 8 1 0 0 4
Source: [2]
As of 7 October 2023

Background

Born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Davison played rugby union for the Clifton Rugby Club growing up.[3]

Playing career

Early years

In 2017, Davison was selected in the New Zealand under-17 and under-18 girl's rugby sevens wider training group, to prepare for a development camp in Auckland.[4] By 2018, she was playing for the senior Clifton Rugby Club women's team and was a part of the winning New Zealand side at the Oceania under-18s Sevens Championship.[1][5] In 2019, she played for the Manawatu Rugby Union club in the Farah Palmer Cup, before joining the Taranaki Whio in 2020.[6] In November 2020, she was selected in the Red Bull Ignite7 sevens squad.[7]

2022

In 2022, Davison returned to the Clifton Rugby Club side in the Taranaki women's competition.[8] In June, she signed with the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership for the 2022 season,[9] making the switch to rugby league, despite never having played a game in the sport before.[8] In round 3 of the 2022 NRLW season, she made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels.[10]

References
  1. "Tiana Davison". New Zealand Olympic Team. 18 June 2018.
  2. "Tiana Davison - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  3. "Tiana Davison". Newcastle Knights.
  4. "Women's 7's on the rise in Southland!". www.rugbysouthland.co.nz.
  5. "Tiana Davison making big strides in rugby". College Sport Media.
  6. "Taranaki Whio: PREVIEW 2020". allblacks.com.
  7. "Exciting female talent named for Red Bull Ignite7". allblacks.com.
  8. Andrews, Emma (19 June 2022). "Heart and soul get the gold at Taranaki women's premier rugby finals". Stuff.
  9. "Knights confirm further 2022 NRLW signings". Newcastle Knights. 9 June 2022.
  10. "NRLW Squad Update: Three debutants named". Newcastle Knights. 3 September 2022.
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