Sosoli Talawadua (born 30 June 1989) is a New Zealand

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. She was part of 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 regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won six out of nine Women's Rugby World Cup tournamen ...

champion 2017 Rugby World Cup squad in Ireland. She also plays for

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in the

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 ...

competition.

Rugby career

Talawadua debuted for the

on 27 November 2016 against

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. She was part of the Black Ferns champion 2017 Rugby World Cup side. Talawadua returned to Whanganui after representing

Waikato Waikato () is a Regions of New Zealand, local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton City ...

for six seasons 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 2019, She was named player of the year for the Manawatū Cyclones. In 2020, She worked part-time as the women’s and secondary schools’ rugby development officer for the Whanganui Rugby Union. In December 2022, Talawadua was confirmed as one of three final signings for

for the

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 2 ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talawadua, Sosoli 1989 births Living people New Zealand women's international rugby union players New Zealand female rugby union players