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New Zealand rugby union footballer
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Female
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13 December 1991(Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Ruby Tui (born 13 December 1991) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She competed internationally when the national rugby sevens team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournament.
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". She is a product of the Go4Gold campaign of the New Zealand Rugby Union.
Personal life
Tui received a scholarship to study at Aoraki Polytechnic, where she completed a Diploma in Sport in 2013.
Tui's father is Samoan and she is of Irish and Scottish heritage on her mother's side.
Achievements and honours
- 2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team
- 2019, HSBC Dream Team for the 2019 series
- 2019, World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year