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Ruby Tui ![New Zealand Womens]()
New Zealand Womens
Nationality 
Age
33
Position
Outside Back
Height
177cm
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Bio
Ruby Tui currently plays as outside back for the Black Ferns and Chiefs Manawa. However, she has also represented the sevens team as a prop. Known for her powerful and aggressive playing style, her personal and professional stories have inspired rugby fans around the world.
Born on 13 December 1991 in Wellington, New Zealand, Tui has talked openly about her difficult childhood, which included living in a women's refuge. When speaking about her upbringing, Tui has said it taught her not to take things for granted, to give everyone a voice and to work hard.
Sport has always been a constant source of joy for Tui. She played a range of sports at school, including football, netball and hockey. Her initial passion was netball and she held ambitions of becoming a Silver Fern.
That said, she had an obvious talent for rugby and her impressive career began with the Black Ferns Sevens team. She was discovered during the Go4Gold campaign, a nationwide programme that was launched in 2012 and designed to find future sevens players. She joined the squad in the same year and played her first match in Fiji.
Tui quickly became a regular for the side and she's now widely regarded as one of the world's leading sevens players. Her accomplishments include winning a silver medal during the 2016 Olympics and a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics. She was also named World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year in 2019.
In rugby 15s, Tui made her debut for Chiefs Manawa during the inaugural 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season. In the same year, she was selected for the Black Ferns. She scored two tries at the 2022 Pacific Four Series and secured her place in the winning 2021 Rugby World Cup squad. Tui excelled at the tournament, scoring tries during the quarter-final and semi-final.
Following the Rugby World Cup, Tui decided to take a sabbatical. She headed to the United States where she represented the Golden State Retrievers in the 2023 Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7). Next, she returned to New Zealand and signed to Super Rugby side, Chiefs Manawa.
With her skill on the field and impressive sevens record, we're looking forward to watching Ruby Tui's next big win.
