.jpg) Fa'amausili in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1980-09-30)30 September 1980 (age 45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fiao'o Fa'amausiliONZM (born 30 September 1980) is a formerNew Zealand female rugby union player. She played forNew Zealand andAuckland.[1] She made herBlack Ferns debut on 18 May, 2002 againstAustralia atBarcelona.[2] She was a member of the winning Black Ferns squad for the2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She has been to five World Cups beginning from 2002–2017.[3]
Fa'amausili was born inSamoa, she moved with her family to New Zealand when she was five. Her mother is fromFogapoa inSavai’i and her father is from the villages of Faleula and Aleisa inApia. She visits Samoa every year.[3] She is a police detective in south Auckland.[4]
Faamausili has won fourWomen’s Rugby World Cup titles and captained the Black Ferns between 2012 and 2018. She has played over 100 games forAuckland and won several provincial titles.
Fa'amausili was named as captain of theBlack Ferns for the inaugural2015 Women's Rugby Super Series held in Canada.[5] She was named in the2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[6][7][8]
In the2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Fa'amausili was appointed anOfficer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.[9]
In 2019, Fa'amausili was on the voting panel for the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year award.[10] She was one of 31 Black Ferns who were capped at the Black Ferns capping ceremony in Auckland atEden Park. She received two caps, one was for her debut and another one for 50 Test matches. She is the first Black Fern to reach the 50-game milestone.[11] She was elected as theAuckland Rugby Union's first female President in 2021.[12][1]
Fa'amausili was inducted into theWorld Rugby Hall of Fame in a special ceremony during the2021 Rugby World Cup semi-finals at Eden Park on 5 November 2022.[13] In 2024, she was an inaugural inductee into thePasifika Rugby Hall of Fame.[14]
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