Selica Winiata (born 14 November 1986) is a New Zealand

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player and referee. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and provincially for the .

Biography

In 2013, she was a member of the champion New Zealand women's sevens team at the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Winiata also played at the

2014 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup, and the sixth held in Europe. The World Cup Final took place on 17 August. All of the pool games for the World Cup took place at the Centre National du R ...

. She was included in New Zealand's squad to play at the

2015 Women's Rugby Super Series The inaugural 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series was an international women's rugby union competition contested by 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, World Cup holders England women's national rugby union team, England, runners-up Canada women's national ...

. Winiata was named New Zealand Rugby women's player of the year in 2016. She is a Police officer by profession. She was named in the squad for the

2017 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017. New Zealand became the 2017 champions by beating England 41–32 in the final on 26 August. Matches were held in Dubl ...

. She also featured at the

2019 Women's Rugby Super Series The 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series was the third series of the Women's Rugby Super Series, a women's international rugby union competition featuring the best-ranked sides. Unlike the previous editions of the Super Series in 2015 and 2016 which ...

. Winiata signed with the Hurricanes Poua for the inaugural 2022 season of Super Rugby Aupiki.

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Selica Winiata
at Black Ferns {{DEFAULTSORT:Winiata, Selica 1986 births Living people New Zealand women's international rugby union players New Zealand female rugby union players New Zealand female rugby sevens players New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players Manawatu rugby union players New Zealand police officers Women police officers