Va'anessa Molia-Fraser

Va'anessa Molia-Fraser (born 18 January 1996) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership. She is a New Zealand and Samoa international.

Va'anessa Molia-Fraser
Personal information
Born (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 28)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 New Zealand 2 0 0 0 0
2019 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP
As of 7 November 2020

Playing career

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Molia-Fraser has played for the Bay Roskill Vikings and Richmond Roses in the Auckland Rugby League.

On 6 May 2016, Molia-Fraser made her Test debut for New Zealand, starting at centre in their 26–16 win over Australia.[1] On 5 May 2017, she played her second Test for New Zealand, starting at centre in a 4–16 loss to Australia.[2]

On 1 August 2018, Molia-Fraser joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[3] In Round 3 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 10–32 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.

On 22 June 2019, she made her Test debut for Samoa in their 8–46 loss to New Zealand.[4]

On 10 July 2019, she was named in the Warriors' 2019 squad but later withdrew due to injury.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Sue makes long-awaited return to Kiwi Ferns". Stuff.co.nz. 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Ferns Call-ups Highlight Women's League's Progress in Canterbury". Canterbury Rugby League. 27 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
  4. ^ ""All Heart" when Fetu Samoa Takes On the Kiwi Ferns". Samoa Global News. 7 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Hireme's signing huge coup". NZ Warriors. 10 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Meet the players: 2019 NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 26 August 2019.
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