Saviour Tui (born 17 October 2001) is a netball player who has represented both

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at international level. Tui was a member of three title winning teams in New Zealand's National Netball League. In 2018 and 2019, Tui won titles with Central Zone/Central Manawa. In 2021 she won a third title with Northern Marvels. She was also a member of the

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team that won the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. She was a fringe member of the 2021 Northern Mystics team that were

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champions. Since

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, she has played for

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in the

Early life, family and education

Tui is a Samoan New Zealander. She also has

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ancestry. She was raised in

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. She was educated at

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Playing career

Central Zone/Central Manawa

In 2018 and 2019, Tui played for Central Zone/Central Manawa in the National Netball League. She was just 16 and still at school when first included in the Central Zone team. She was subsequently a member of two Central Zone/Central Manawa NNL title winning teams. After helping Central Zone win a second title in 2018, she helped, the now renamed Central Manawa, complete a three in a row in 2019. In the 2019 final, Tui, scored 36 from 38 as they defeated Waikato Bay of Plenty 49–46.

Central Pulse

Tui played for

in the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. She played and scored for Pulse in all three group stage matches.

Northern Mystics

Between

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and

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, Tui played for

Northern Mystics Northern Mystics are a New Zealand netball team based in Auckland. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Northern in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Northern is the governing body t ...

. She was a member of the Mystics team that finished as runners up in the 2019 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. She was subsequently a regular in

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Mystics team. She was only a fringe member of the 2021 Northern Mystics team that were

champions. She played just 14 minutes of game time, down from 374 minutes in 2020. Tui was kept out of the team by Grace Nweke,

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and Filda Vui. However she was a prominent member of the Northern Marvels team, the Mystics reserve team, that were 2021 National Netball League champions. Tui played all nine NNL matches for Marvels and she finished the season as the NNL top scorer with 337 goals and a 91% accuracy rate. In the grand final she scored 56 from 58 as Marvels defeated Northern Comets 64–56. She was also named player of the match. It was Marvels' first NNL title and Tui's third. She was subsequently named National Netball League Player of the Year.

Southern Steel

Ahead of the

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season, Tui signed for

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International

New Zealand

In 2018 and 2019, Tui was included in

schoolgirl squads. She also played for the New Zealand under 21s in the 2020 Cadbury Netball Series. She was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 Fast5 Netball World Series.

Samoa

In July 2022, Tui played for

at the 2023 Netball World Cup Oceania qualifiers.

Statistics

ANZ Premiership

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Honours

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**''Winners'':

**''Minor premiers'':

* Netball New Zealand Super Club **''Runners Up'':

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* Netball New Zealand Super Club **''Winners'':

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; Central Zone/Central Manawa * National Netball League **''Winners'': 2018, 2019 ; Northern Marvels * National Netball League **''Winners'': 2021 ;Individual Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tui, Saviour Living people 2001 births Samoan netball players 21st-century Samoan sportswomen New Zealand netball players ANZ Premiership players National Netball League (New Zealand) players Central Pulse players Central Manawa players Northern Mystics players Southern Steel players People educated at St Mary's College, Wellington New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent Sportspeople from Lower Hutt 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen New Zealand international Fast5 players Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic players