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| Full name | Tiana Penitani-Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-01-12)12 January 1996 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Wing, Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:[1] As of 17 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Aaron Gray (brother-in-law) Brock Gray (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tiana Penitani-Gray (born 12 January 1996) is an Australianrugby league footballer who plays for theCronulla-Sutherland Sharks in theNRL Women's Premiership and theCronulla-Sutherland Sharks in theNSWRL Women's Premiership.
Primarily acentre, she is anAustralia andNew South Wales representative. She previously representedAustralia inrugby sevens.
Born inCanberra, Penitani played junior rugby league forLa Perouse United before switching torugby union andOztag.[2] She is ofTongan descent.[2]
In 2014, Penitani, along with Brooke Anderson, captained Australia to the Gold medal at the2014 Summer Youth Olympics, held inChina. This was the first timeRugby Sevens had been part of the Olympic programme since 1924. The tournament was Penitani's first in 14 months, following a serious knee injury sustained at the2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. At 17 years and 163 days old, she became Australia's youngest ever representative in either 15s or 7s at a World Cup, when she represented Australia inRussia.[3][4][5]
In 2019, Penitani was on the award voting panels for both the World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year and the World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year.[6]
In 2019, Penitani returned to rugby league, joining theCronulla-Sutherland Sharks WomenNSWRL Women's Premiership team.[7] In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[8]
On 14 June 2019, she signed with theSt. George Illawarra Dragons WomenNRL Women's Premiership team.[9]
On 21 June 2019, she made her debut forNew South Wales, starting atcentre in a 14–4 win overQueensland.[10]
In Round 1 of the2019 NRL Women's season, Penitani made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–14 loss to theBrisbane Broncos.[11] On 6 October 2019, she started atcentre in the Dragons' 6–30Grand Final loss to the Broncos.[12]
In October 2019, she representedAustralia at the2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s, scoring five tries and finishing as the tournament's top try scorer.[13] On 25 October 2019, she made her Test debut for Australia in a 28–8 win overNew Zealand.[14]
Tiana was signed with the NRLW Cronulla Sharks inaugural team for 2023 and is the captain of the side.
