PLAYER PROFILE
Tanya Kalounivale
Tighthead Prop
KEY STATS
Black Ferns Next match
Black Ferns
USA Women
BIOGRAPHY
Black Fern #237
The tighthead prop is coming off a strong Sky Super Rugby Aupiki campaign in which her scrummaging was hard to fault for the runners-up, creating space for the sharp backline to cut some shapes.
The Fiji-born and Suva Grammar-educated Kalounivale debuted for Waikato in 2017, not long after her school days were over.
In the 2020 Farah Palmer Cup, she formed a rock-solid front-row combination with Toka Natua and Grace Houpapa-Barrett. Kalounivale herself scored two tries in six games, including one in the semifinal against the Manawatu Cyclones, taking her stats to three tries from 21 outings for Waikato.
Kalounivale was a part of the inaugural Chiefs Manawa team, and has since become a prominent feature in the Chiefs Manawa starting fifteen lining up alongside fellow Black Ferns teammates Kate Henwood and Luka Connor in the front row.
Kalounivale made her Black Ferns debut in the 2022 Pacific Four Series against the Wallaroos in Tauranga. Later that year Kalounivale was a part of the winning Black Ferns Rugby World Cup squad.
Player Stats
Province:
Waikato
Test Debut:
v Australia, 2022
Super Club:
Chiefs Manawa
Village:
Kanakana