Global InformationManaia Nuku information
| Date of birth | 2003 (age 20–21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manaia Nuku is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.
Nuku attended Hamilton Girls' High School and made her debut for Waikato in the Farah Palmer Cup in 2020.[2][3] She was given a full-time rugby sevens contract with the Black Ferns Sevens in 2021.[2][4]
Nuku played for the Black Ferns Pango team at the 2022 Oceania Sevens at Pukekohe.[5] She was named as a non-travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[6][7]
Nuku expanded her international playing career in 2023 when she signed with the New York Locals of Premier Rugby Sevens.
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- ^ a b Stanley, Ashley (29 January 2021). "Manaia Nuku latest sevens star from Hamilton Girls". Newsroom. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Goile, Aaron (5 February 2021). "How one school produced a quarter of the 2021 Black Ferns Sevens squad". Stuff. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Brazier energised by "scary but exciting" Black Ferns talent - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Sevens stars set to shine over Matariki weekend". allblacks.com. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games". Stuff. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.