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Tiana Metuarau

Tiana Metuarau (born 15 January 2001) is a New Zealand netball international. Between 2017 and 2020, she was a prominent member of the Central Pulse team that won the 2018 Super Club title and the 2019 and 2020 ANZ Premiership titles. In 2022, Metuarau was co-captain of the Pulse team that won a third ANZ Premiership title.

Tiana Metuarau
Personal information
Full name Tiana Metuarau
Born (2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 23)
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
School Wellington East Girls' College
Relatives Waimarama Taumaunu (mother)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, GS, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2016–2017 Central Zone
2016–2020 Central Pulse 59
2020–2021 Southern Steel 16
2021– Central Pulse
Years National team(s) Caps
2021– New Zealand 10
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Netball World Youth Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gaborone Team
Fast5 World Series
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Christchurch Team

Early life, family and education edit

Metuarau is the daughter of Waimarama Taumaunu and George Metuarau. She has two siblings, Tuakana and Tanara.[1][2][3] Her mother, Waimarama, is a former New Zealand netball international, former national team captain and head coach and Central Pulse's director of high performance.[4][5][6][7] George Metuarau is a former rugby union player and coach. Between 2004 and 2011, he served as head coach of the Cook Islands national rugby sevens team. Between 2017 and 2019 he was a member of the Central Zone/Central Manawa coaching staff with responsibility for primary care.[2][8][9][10]

Metuarau was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England in 2001. At the time, her mother was serving as National Performance Director of the All England Netball Association.[2][6][11][12] She is of Cook Island, Tahitian and Māori/Ngāti Porou descent.[12][13][14][15] Her family returned to New Zealand when she was three years old.[14] She attended Wellington East Girls' College.[14][16][17][18]

Playing career edit

Central Zone edit

In 2016 and 2017, Metuarau played for Central Zone in the Beko Netball League. Her team mates included Karin Burger and Kimiora Poi.[8][18][19][20] In 2016 she was a member of the Central Zone team that finished the season as runners up to Netball South. In the final, aged just 15, she scored 24 from 26.[20][21][22][23] In 2017 she was a member of the Central Zone team that won the title.[8]

Central Pulse edit

2016–2020

Ahead of the 2017 ANZ Premiership season season, Metuarau was included in the Central Pulse squad as a replacement for the pregnant Ameliaranne Ekenasio.[4][24][25] Between 2017 and 2020 she was a prominent member of the Central Pulse team that won the 2018 Super Club title and the 2019 and 2020 ANZ Premiership titles. During this time, Metuarau played in four ANZ Premiership grand finals for Pulse.[26][27][28][29][30] On 5 July 2020, during a 2020 Round 4 51–30 win over Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Metuarau, aged 19, made her 50th ANZ Premiership appearance for Pulse.[31][32][33]

2021–

After spending the 2021 ANZ Premiership season playing for Southern Steel, Metuarau rejoined Central Pulse for the 2022 season.[34][35][36] She was subsequently appointed Pulse co-captain along with Kelly Jury.[7][37][38][39] In 2022, Metuarau was part of the Pulse team that won a third ANZ Premiership title.[40][41][42]

Southern Steel edit

Ahead of the 2021 ANZ Premiership season season, Metuarau signed for Southern Steel.[43][44][45][46][47] She made 16 appearances for Steel, scoring 221 goals with an 81% success rate.[48][49] It was after her successful season with Steel that Metuarau was called up for the senior 2021–22 New Zealand squad.[5][50][51] Metuarau played just one season for Steel before rejoining Central Pulse.[34]

New Zealand edit

Metuarau represented New Zealand at schoolgirl level.[16] She was just 16 when she a member of the New Zealand under-21 team that won the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup. She played the first half in the 60–57 win in the final over Australia.[17][33][52][53] Metuarau was included in the senior 2021–22 New Zealand squad.[5][50][51] She subsequently made her senior debut for New Zealand on 20 September 2021 against England during the first test of the 2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, scoring 17 from 19 as she partnered Maia Wilson. She was also named player of the match.[6][11][54][55][56]

Tournaments Place
2017 Netball World Youth Cup[17][33][52][53]  
2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[6][11][54][55] 2nd
2022 Netball Quad Series[37][57][58][59][60]  
2022 Fast5 Netball World Series[15][61][62][63]  
2023 Netball World Cup[64] 4th
2023 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[65] 1st
2023 Constellation Cup[66][67] 2nd
2023 Fast5 Netball World Series[68][69] 2nd

Statistics edit

Grand finals edit

Grand finals Team Place Opponent Goals (%)
1 2017[17][27] Central Pulse Runners up Southern Steel   27/30 (90%)
2 2018[28] Central Pulse Runners up Southern Steel   4/4 (100%)
3 2019[29] Central Pulse Winners Northern Stars
4 2020[30] Central Pulse Winners Mainland Tactix
5 2022[40][41][42] Central Pulse Winners Northern Stars   11/13 (85%)

ANZ Premiership edit

Season Team G/A GA RB CPR FD IC DF PN TO MP
2017 Pulse   351/437 (80%) ? 22 212 ? 5 14 81 71 17
2018 Pulse   185/219 (84%) ? 7 136 ? 3 6 68 72 16
2019 Pulse   59/84 (70%) 90 2 38 108 1 2 45 43 13
2020 Pulse   44/68 (65%) 72 5 69 107 1 3 45 34 13
2021 Steel   221/273 (81%) 252 24 321 366 5 20 85 101 16
2022 Pulse   250/306 (82%) 209 14 218 270 5 26 92 83 16
2023 Pulse  
Career

Sources:[48][49]

Honours edit

New Zealand
Central Pulse
Central Zone

References edit

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