Denise Aiolupotea
| Born | 1 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denise Aiolupotea (born 1 October 1998)[a] is a Samoan rugby union player. She represents Samoa internationally and plays for Hurricanes Poua in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.
Netball career
Aiolupotea was selected for Samoa's national netball team when she was 19.[2]
She was a netball development officer for Hawke's Bay Netball for six and a half years before she took up a role at Netball Hutt Valley.[3][4]
Aiolupotea returned to Hawke's Bay Netball and was appointed as their Operations Manager earlier in 2022, before she was appointed as their new General Manager.[3][4] She resigned from the position in 2024.[4]
Rugby career
Aiolupotea plays for Hawke's Bay at provincial level. On 30 October 2024, she was named in the Hurricanes Poua squad for the 2025 Super Rugby Aupiki season.[5]
She was named in the Manusina side to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[6][7]
Notes
References
- ^ "Denise Aiolupotea". Rugby World Cup 2025 England. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Degree Student Keeping the Balls in the Air". EIT Hawke\'s Bay and Tairāwhiti. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Hawkes Bay Netball announces new leader". www.hawkesbaynetball.co.nz. 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ a b c "Hawke's Bay Netball announces resignation of General Manager". www.sporty.co.nz. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Hurricanes Poua Announce Squad for 2025". www.hurricanes.co.nz. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Samoa announce squad for Women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Samoa Women's Official Squad for Rugby World Cup 2025 - Samoa Global News". samoaglobalnews.com. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.