Tysha Ikenasio (born 13 September 1997) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.

Rugby career

Ikenasio attended Sancta Maria College in Auckland and played netball and touch rugby representatively. She competed for New Zealand at the 2015 Touch World Cup in

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. Ikenasio played sevens professionally in Japan for five years, she played for the Tokyo Phoenix for two years before moving to the Nagato Blue Angels. Ikenasio joined the

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Development Team in 2022. She played for the Black Ferns Pango team at the 2022 Oceania Sevens at Pukekohe. She was named as a non-travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the

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in Birmingham.

2023 Premier Rugby Sevens

In May of 2023, Ikenasio revealed she was going to play for

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in the United States. Ikenasio signed with the

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, suiting up alongside Black Ferns teammate,

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. Ikenasio ended the year totaling, 15 carries, 10 points, nine tackles, two trys, and two steals. Team went 1-3 throughout the season picking up their lone win at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pa. against the Pittsburgh Steeltoes. Texas dominated Pittsburgh, shutting them out 29-0. Ikenasio tallied one try in the Eastern Conference Kickoff at Q2 Stadium in

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. At this event, the Team went 0-2 falling to the

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and the Steeltoes. She scored her second try at the Eastern Conference Finals in Pittsburgh where the squad went 1-1, falling to the

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by one point and topping the Steeltoes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ikenasio, Tysha 1997 births Living people New Zealand female rugby union players New Zealand female rugby sevens players New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players People educated at Sancta Maria College. Auckland