Ruby Tui
| Date of birth | 13 December 1991 | |||||||||||
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||
| Rugby union career | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | ||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) | |||||||||
| Canterbury | ||||||||||||
| Sevens national teams | ||||||||||||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | ||||||||||
| 2012– | New Zealand | 12 | ||||||||||
| correct as of 4 August 2016. | ||||||||||||
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Ruby Tui (born 13 December 1991) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. Tui has been selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics rugby sevens tournament.[1]
Career
Tui made her debut in 2012 in Fiji and has been a part of the national setup ever since. Tui has been described as a "powerful and aggressive prop".[2] She is a product of the Go4Gold campaign of the New Zealand Rugby Union.[3]
Personal life
Tui received a scholarship to study at Aoraki Polytechnic, where she completed a Diploma in Sport in 2013.[4]
Of Māori descent, Tui affiliates to the Ngāi Tahu iwi.[5]
References
- ↑ "New Zealand names sevens teams for Rio Games". Stuff.co.nz. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ruby Tui". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ruby Tui". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "PM Schols: Rugby Sevens player Ruby Tui". High Performance Sport New Zealand. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
External links
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