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Blues Women
The Blues Women's team (known as the Nib Health Funds, nib Blues Women for sponsorship reasons) is a New Zealand professional women's rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. History Historic clash On 1 May 2021, the Blues and Chiefs Manawa, Chiefs women's teams created history when they played in the first-ever women's Super Rugby match in New Zealand. The Blues hosted the Chiefs women at Eden Park in a double header before the Super Rugby Aotearoa round 10 match between their men's teams. It was to be a one-off match in 2021, but both franchises expressed their commitment to developing a Super Rugby team for women in the future. The teams played for the 'Waipuea Women's Rugby Taonga' trophy. The name was derived from the words ''Wai'' (for Waikato, Waitemata water, river and sea) and ''Puea'' (for winds that carry korero – a conversation or meeting – over land, mountains and sea). Eloise Blackwell, who was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Rugby Aupiki
Super Rugby Aupiki is a professional women's rugby union club competition in New Zealand. Its inaugural season was held in March 2022. It is a steppingstone between the Farah Palmer Cup and the Black Ferns. Aupiki translates as ‘''the ascent to the upper most realm''’. Format Initially the four teams were supposed to have three regular season matches with one home and away game, and one Super Round fixture. The top two teams at the end of the three rounds would contest the final. However, the competition was reformatted as a round robin fixture because of the impact of COVID-19. All the squads were strongly affected with player isolations and COVID-19 cases. The inaugural champion would be crowned based on their competition points after the final round. History The Chiefs Manawa won the inaugural title of the 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season. They defeated the Blues Women 35–0 in the final round of the competition. Teams There are four teams that will be competing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Tower (Auckland)
The Sky Tower is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets within the city's CBD, it is tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast,Sky Tower Official page ''-'' making it the second tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere, surpassed by Luminary Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia. and the 28th tallest tower in the world. Since its completion in 1997 the Sky Tower has become an iconic landmark in Auckland's skyline, due to its height and design. The tower is part of the |
Tafito Lafaele
Tafito Lafaele (born 17 February 2001) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her Black Ferns test debut in 2022. She plays for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Auckland provincially. Background Lafaele attended Botany Downs Secondary College where she participated in athletics, volleyball, basketball, netball and sevens. Rugby career 2019–21 Lafaele debuted for the Auckland Storm in the 2019 Farah Palmer Cup. In 2021 she played for the Moana Pasifika Sevens team against the Black Ferns and Black Ferns Sevens. On 3 November 2021, Lafaele was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She was named in the Blues starting line up for their first game against Matatū, they won 21–10. She also started in their 0–35 thrashing by the Chiefs Manawa in the final round. 2022 Lafaele was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series. She made her international debut on 6 June ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Gago
Grace Gago (born 5 May 1998) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Blues in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and for Counties Manukau in the Farah Palmer Cup. Early career Gago was attending Manurewa High School when she was named Counties Manukau Rugby's under-18 girls' Player of the Year at the Junior Rugby Awards that was held in Pukekohe in 2016. Besides playing for the Counties Manukau under-18s team, she also played for the Manurewa Wahine rugby league team and the Samoan under-18 tag team. She also represented her school in touch and was also part of their football and first XVs team. Rugby career In 2022, At the Counties Manukau Rugby awards Gago won the Players’ Player of the Year, Forward of the Year, and MVP of the Year awards. She made her Super Rugby Aupiki debut for the Blues in 2023 in their first round loss to Matatū, despite scoring her sides first try, they narrowly lost 31–33. Gago was named among 34 contracted players for the Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chryss Viliko
Chryss Viliko (born 25 December 2000) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. Biography Viliko attended Onehunga High School in Auckland. She made her debut for Auckland in the Farah Palmer Cup in 2018. She also plays for Marist in the Auckland club competition. She missed most of the 2021 Farah Palmer Cup season due to her recovery from an ACL knee reconstruction. 2021–22 Viliko attended a Black Ferns High Performance camp in October 2021. On 3 November, Viliko was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She was named on the Blues bench for their first game against Matatū, they won 21–10. She also featured in their 0–35 thrashing by the Chiefs Manawa in the final round. In July 2022, Viliko attended the Black Ferns trial in Pukekohe. She played for the Rawata team against Ngalingali at the Navigation Homes Stadium. 2023 Viliko joined the Black Ferns 2023 training ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheyenne Tuli-Fale
The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. Their Cheyenne language belongs to the Algonquian language family. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized nations: the Southern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma, and the Northern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the Tsétsêhéstâhese (also spelled Tsitsistas, The term for the Cheyenne homeland is ''Tsiihistano''. Language The Cheyenne of Montana and Oklahoma speak the Cheyenne language, known as ''Tsêhésenêstsestôtse'' (common spelling: Tsisinstsistots). Approximately 800 people speak Cheyenne in Oklahoma. There are only a handful of vocabulary differences between the two locations. The Cheyenne alphabet contains 14 letters. The Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toka Natua
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 Natua made her debut for the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, the Black Ferns, in 2015 against Canada. 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. She then represented the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup in Australia. 2019–20 In 2019, she was part of the Black Ferns team that won the Women's Rugby Super Series. In 2020, she was named in the Black Ferns squad that took on the New Zealand Barbarians in Waitakere. 2023 Natua joined the Blues Women for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season. At the end of 2023, she will be joining her partner, Pita Gus Sowakula, and their one-year-old daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Fisher
Sophie Fisher (born 25 November 1998) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Auckland provincially. Rugby career Fisher played hockey before switching to rugby in Year 13 at Kaipara College. Between 2017 and 2020, she played 22 games for North Harbour as a Lock. She then moved to Auckland in 2021 where she switched to Loosehead Prop, she is also a goal-kicker for the side. Fisher was a late call-up to the Blues Women's Super Rugby Aupiki squad in 2022. After a strong Farah Palmer Cup season for the Auckland Storm in 2022, she became a regular player for the Blues team. She made her Super Rugby debut in 2023. Fisher was part of the Auckland Storm squad that won the 2023 Farah Palmer Cup Premiership title. In September, she was named in the Black Ferns The New Zealand women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's international rugby union, which is rega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Faiaoga-Tilo
Esther Faiaoga-Tilo (born 26 September 1994) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. Rugby career Faiaoga-Tilo played for Hurricanes Poua in the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki in 2022. She then moved up north after she was released by Hurricanes Poua to try-out for the Blues. The Blues initially overlooked her, but after encouragement from some of her former teammates she decided to attend an open training session for the Blues where she impressed enough to receive a mid-season callup for 2023. Faiaoga-Tilo was named in the Black Ferns 30-player squad as an injury cover to compete in the Pacific Four Series and O’Reilly Cup. She started in her international debut against the United States on 14 July 2023, at Ottawa. On 23 September 2023, she was named in the Black Ferns XV's team to play the Manusina XV's side at the Navigation Homes Stadium in Pukekohe Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Super Rugby Aupiki Season
The 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season was the second season of Super Rugby Aupiki (known as Sky Super Rugby Aupiki for sponsorship reasons), a professional women's rugby union club competition organised by New Zealand Rugby. The competition ran from 25 February 2023when Hurricanes Poua and Chiefs Manawa played the opening match in Levinto 25 March 2023. The tournament was won by Matatū, who defeated Chiefs Manawa 33–31 in the final in Hamilton, earning them their first Super Rugby Aupiki title. That match also resulted in the Chiefs Manawa's first-ever loss in the two-year-old competition. Competition format The competition featured four teams, who each played three regular season matches and two play-off matches. A total of ten matches were played over five weeks. The semi-finals were played on Sunday 19 March 2023 and the finalswhich also included a third place play-offon Saturday 25 March 2023. Standings The standings at the end of the round-robin of the 2023 Super Rugby Aup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
