Tysha Ikenasio
Date of birth (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2022–  New Zealand 19

Tysha Ikenasio (born 13 September 1997) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.

Rugby career

Ikenasio attended Sancta Maria College in Auckland and played netball and touch rugby representatively.[1][2] She competed for New Zealand at the 2015 Touch World Cup in Australia.[1]

Ikenasio played sevens professionally in Japan for five years, she played for the Tokyo Phoenix for two years before moving to the Nagato Blue Angels.[2][3][4]

Ikenasio joined the Black Ferns Sevens Development Team in 2022.[2] She played for the Black Ferns Pango team at the 2022 Oceania Sevens at Pukekohe.[5] She was named as a non-travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tysha Ikenasio – the talent behind the name". Sancta Maria College. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  2. 1 2 3 Julian, Adam (2022-05-13). "Tysha Ikenasio joins Black Ferns Sevens fulltime". allblacks.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  3. ↑ Stanley, Ashley (2021-05-25). "Super Rugby: Culture and values a winning recipe for Moana Pasifika". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  4. ↑ "Moana Pasifika women make rugby history". RNZ. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  5. ↑ "Sevens stars set to shine over Matariki weekend". allblacks.com. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  6. ↑ "Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  7. ↑ "Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games". Stuff. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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