Tiana Metuarau

Tiana Metuarau (born 15 January 2001) is a New Zealand netball player of Cook Island, Tahitian and Māori (Ngāti Porou) descent.[1][2][3] She plays in goal (goal shoot and goal attack) and first played for the national team, the Silver Ferns, in September 2021.[4]

Biography

Metuarau was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, in 2001 and moved to New Zealand when she was three years old.[2] Her mother, Waimarama Taumaunu, is a netball coach and was England's national director of netball when Metuarau was born.[5][6] Her father, George Metuarau, is a rugby coach and previously coached the Cook Islands national rugby team.[7]

She attended Wellington East Girls' College and played for the Wellington team, Central Pulse, for four seasons.[2] She also played for two years in the New Zealand Secondary Schools netball team.[7] In 2017, when Metuarau was 16 years old, she was named in the New Zealand under-21 netball team; she was the youngest member of the team at the time.[1] In 2021, she moved to Dunedin to play for the Southern Steel team.[8] She returned to her home team Central Pulse for the 2022 season of the ANZ Premiership where she was appointed co-captain with Kelly Jury [9][10]

In her debut for the Silver Ferns, Metuarau played goal attack in a 2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series match against England in Christchurch. This was followed up with a MVP performance.[11] On her debut marked only the third time a mother and daughter had been selected to play for the Silver Ferns.[12] Her mother Waimarama Taumaunu debuted in 1981 vs the England national netball team[13]

References
  1. "Player detail • Netball New Zealand". www.netballnz.co.nz. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. "The netball star eliminating barriers for Māori and Pasifika". RNZ. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. "Tiana Metuarau – Pulse Netball". www.pulse.org.nz. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. "Netball: Shooters Tiana Metuarau, Jamie Hume in line for Silver Ferns debuts against England". Newshub. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. "Silver Ferns edge England to make winning start to Taini Jamison Trophy". Stuff. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. "Netball: Waimarama Taumaunu's teenage daughter Tiana Metuarua earns Central Pulse call-up". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. "Youth no barrier for NZSS netballer Tiana Metuarau". College Sport Media. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. "Daughters of Silver Ferns passed the black dress". Newsroom. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  9. "Metuarau returns to Pulse for 2022 season". ANZ Premierhip. 16 August 2021.
  10. "Pulse welcome return of co-captains". 23 February 2022.
  11. 'Mature, smart' Silver Fern debut for Metuarau
  12. NS Match Report: Taini Jamison Trophy Test 1—Silver Ferns vs Roses
  13. Waimarama Taumaunu
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