Theresa Setefano

Setefano in 2017
Full name	Theresa Matauaina Fitzpatrick
Born	(1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (age 30)
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Notable relative	Sulu Fitzpatrick (sister)
Rugby union career
Position Centre Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2022 Auckland 27 (80) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2022 Blues Women 2 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017– New Zealand 25 (40) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2016–Present New Zealand 186 apps 24 tries 120 points[1]
Medal record Representing New Zealand Women'srugby union Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 Ireland Team competition 2021 New Zealand Team competition 2025 England Team competition Women'srugby sevens Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team competition 2020 Tokyo Team competition 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team competition 2022 Birmingham Team competition Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 San Francisco Team competition

Theresa Matauaina Setefano (néeFitzpatrick; born 25 February 1995) is a New Zealandrugby union player. She was a member of theBlack Ferns champion2017 and2021 Rugby World Cup squads. She has also represented New Zealand inrugby sevens; she won gold medals at the2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 2018Commonwealth Games,2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and at the2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.^[2] She played for theBlues Women in the2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season.

Since her marriage in December 2023, she has used the surname, Setefano.

Theresa Matauaina Fitzpatrick was born on 25 February 1995 to Greg and Faalogo Rosemary Fitzpatrick.^[3]

Setefano representsNew Zealand inrugby sevens. She made her sevens debut at the2016 USA Women's Sevens.^[4][5] She was named in thesevens squad for the2016 Summer Olympics.^[6][7]

Setefano was named in the2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad^[8][9] and was part of the winning team of the2019 Women's Rugby Super Series.^[10]

In July 2021, she was a member of the New Zealand team that won the gold medal in thewomen's event at the2020 Summer Olympics.^[11][12]

On 3 November 2021, She was named in the Blues squad for the inauguralSuper Rugby Aupiki competition.^[13][14]

Setefano was named in the Blues starting line up for their first game againstMatatū, they won 21–10.^[15][16] She also started in their 0–35 thrashing by theChiefs Manawa in the final round.^[17][18]

Setefano was named in theBlack Ferns Sevens squad for the2022 Commonwealth Games inBirmingham.^[19][20] She won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.^[21][22]

In August 2022, she was selected inBlack Ferns XV's team for the test series againstAustralia for theLaurie O'Reilly Cup.^[23][24] She made the Black Ferns 32-player squad for the delayed2021 Rugby World Cup.^[25][26] She scored a try in the second pool game againstWales.^[27][28] Her second try came in the final pool game againstScotland.^[29][30] Setefano also scored a try in the Black Ferns nail-biting semifinal clash withFrance as they fought their way into the final.^[31][32]

After taking a break from rugby through most of 2023 she was named in February 2024 in the Black Fern Sevens squad for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.^[33]

On 20 June 2024 it was announced that she had been selected as a member of the New Zealand Women's Rugby Sevens team for theParis Olympics.^[34] The team won the gold medal, defeating Canada 19–12 in the final to give both her and New Zealand back-to-back Olympic gold medals.^[35]

In July 2025, she was named in the Black Ferns squad to theWomen's Rugby World Cup.^[36][37]

Setefano undertakes medical studies at theUniversity of Auckland.^[38]

In Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on 22 December 2023 Setefano married Ryan Quentin Setefano.^[3] Setefano played 166 premier games for Marist St Pats rugby team and was head coach of the club's women's team for eight seasons.^[39] In 2023, he was appointed the assistant coach to Wellington Pride women's rugby team during their 2023 Farah Palmer Cup campaign.^{[citation needed]}

Her older sister,Sulu Fitzpatrick is aNew Zealand netball international. The Fitzpatrick sisters both representedNew Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[40]

Two of Setefano's uncles,Olo Brown andTana Umaga, wereNew Zealand rugby union internationals.^[3]

• Theresa Fitzpatrick at theBlack Ferns (archive)
• Theresa Setefano atOlympics.com
• Theresa Setefano atOlympedia
• Theresa Setefano at theBirmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Theresa Setefano at theNew Zealand Olympic Committee
• Theresa Setefano onInstagram

• 1995 births
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• New Zealand female rugby union players
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• New Zealand female rugby sevens players
• New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players
• New Zealand Māori rugby union players
• Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic rugby sevens players for New Zealand
• Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
• Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rugby sevens
• Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
• 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
• Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Umaga family
• Rugby union centres
• Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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