Ruby Tui (born 13 December 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She competed internationally when the national rugby sevens team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournament.[1][2] She won a gold medal in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Date of birth | (1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tui made her sevens debut in 2012 in Fiji and has been a part of the national setup ever since. Tui has been described as a "powerful and aggressive prop".[4] She is a product of the Go4Gold campaign of the New Zealand Rugby Union.[5]
Tui was named as a non-travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[6][7]
In November 2021, Tui was named in the Chiefs squad for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki.[8]
Tui was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series and made her international debut against Australia at Tauranga on 6 June.[9][10] She scored a brace of tries against Canada at the Pacific Four Series.[11]
She was selected for the August test series against Australia for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup.[12][13]
She was named in the Black Ferns 2021 Rugby World Cup 32-player squad.[14][15]
Tui was born in Wellington in 1991. Her father is Samoan and she is of Irish and Scottish heritage on her mother's side. Her parents separated when she was eight.[19] She was educated at John Paul II High School in Greymouth.[19][20]
Tui received a scholarship to study at Aoraki Polytechnic, where she completed a Diploma in Sport in 2013.[21]
Since 2019, Tui has been in a relationship with former Mai FM host Dani Fennessy.[22]
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