Santo Taumata (born 5 February 2003) is a New Zealand

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player. She plays for the

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internationally and was a member of their

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champion squad. She also plays for the

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in the

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competition and for

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provincially.

Rugby career

2022

Taumata was selected for the

squad for the inaugural 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season. She was awarded the Emerging Player of the Year for her efforts in the 2022 Farah Palmer Cup season and was also Female Club Player of the Year at the 2022 Zespri Bay of Plenty Rugby Awards. Taumata was named in the

squad for the Laurie O’Reilly Cup Test series against

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. She made her international debut on 27 August 2022 in

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. She was later selected for the

32-player squad.

2023

In 2023, She re-signed with the Chiefs Manawa for a second year. On 17 April, She was given a fulltime Black Ferns contract for the first time as

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announced the 34-contracted-players for the year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taumata, Santo 2003 births Living people New Zealand female rugby union players 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen