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    Game on! FIAO’O SCORES HER DREAM ROLE

    Mar 27, 2022 5 minutes
    Aroha Awarau

    Former Black Ferns captain Seiuli Fiao’o Fa’amausili will never forget the day she led the New Zealand women’s rugby team to victory in their World Cup-winning match against England in 2017.

    The Samoan-born sports star held up the World Cup after the finals in Ireland and couldn’t stop the tears streaming down her face. Her raw emotion acknowledged the hard work and sacrifice made by her team but also something more personal. Her day of victory also coincided with the 16th anniversary of the death of her father Tavita.

    “My father was my biggest supporter, but he didn’t live to see my debut in the black jersey. He was sick with a heart condition, but that didn’t stop him from supporting me at all of my club games,” says Fiao’o, who is

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