Chryss Viliko (born 25 December 2000) is a New Zealand

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player. She plays for the

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in the

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competition.

Biography

Viliko attended

Onehunga High School Onehunga High School is a state co-educational secondary school in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga, New Zealand. The school incorporates a business school, founded by Just Water International's creator Tony Falkenstein, which is sponsored by bre ...

in Auckland. She made her debut for Auckland in the

Farah Palmer Cup The Farah Palmer Cup (formerly known as Women's Provincial Championship until 2016), is the highest level domestic women's rugby union competition in New Zealand and is named after the former Black Ferns captain, Farah Palmer. This contest is hel ...

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

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High Performance camp in October 2021. On 3 November, Viliko was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural

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 The Chiefs Manawa (officially called the Waitomo Chiefs Manawa for sponsorship reasons) are a New Zealand women's professional rugby union team based in Hamilton, New Zealand that competes in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. Chiefs Manawa won t ...

in the final round. In July 2022, Viliko attended the Black Ferns trial in

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. She played for the Rawata team against Ngalingali at the

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2023

Viliko joined the Black Ferns 2023 training squad for four months as an injury replacement for Awhina Tangen-Wainohu, who is out due to a neck injury. She made her

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debut on 30 September against the

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References

External links

Blues Profile

Black Ferns Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Viliko, Chryss 2000 births Living people New Zealand female rugby union players New Zealand women's international rugby union players People educated at Onehunga High School