Kayla Sauvao (born 12 May 1998) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and Wentworthville Magpies in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
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| Born | 12 May 1998 Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 19 February 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Before switching to rugby league, she represented Australia in rugby union.
Background
Sauvao was born in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, before moving to Australia, where she played rugby union for the Parramatta Two Blues.[1]
Playing career
Rugby union
In 2017, Sauvao represented Australia at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[2][3]
Rugby league
In 2020, Sauvao switched to rugby league, joining the Wentworthville Magpies in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[4]
In September 2020, she joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[5] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRLW season, she made her debut for the Warriors, starting at prop in their 28–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.