NZ & Cook Islands dual-code international rugby player
Rugby player
Toka Natua
Date of birth (1991-11-22 ) 22 November 1991 (age 32) Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) Position(s)
Prop Years
Team
Apps
(Points) 2014–2020
Waikato
36
(25) Years
Team
Apps
(Points) 2015–2020
New Zealand
24
(25)
Rugby league career
Position Prop
Toka Natua (born 22 November 1991) is a New Zealand rugby footballer . She has represented New Zealand in rugby union and the Cook Islands in rugby league . She plays for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.
Rugby career
2015–16
Natua made her debut for the New Zealand women's national rugby union team , the Black Ferns , in 2015 against Canada .[2] In 2016, She scored a try in the win over the Wallaroos in the second Laurie O'Reilly Cup match.[3] [4]
2017
Natua scored a hat-trick and was also cited for foul play, in New Zealand's victory over England in the final of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup .[5] [6] She then represented the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup in Australia .[7]
2019–20
In 2019, she was part of the Black Ferns team that won the Women's Rugby Super Series .[8] In 2020, she was named in the Black Ferns squad that took on the New Zealand Barbarians in Waitakere.[9] [10]
2023
Natua joined the Blues Women for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season .[11] [12] At the end of 2023, she will be joining her partner, Pita Gus Sowakula , and their one-year-old daughter in Clermont, France.[13] [14] She will be signing with the Clermont women’s side.[15] [16]
Personal life
Natua is of Cook island descent and was born in Tokoroa . She is a graphic designer .[17]
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