{"id":283294,"date":"2025-11-14T05:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/283294\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:26:08","slug":"wallaroos-re-signing-spree-continues-with-player-of-the-year-tuinakauvadra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/283294\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallaroos re-signing spree continues with Player of the Year Tuinakauvadra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tabua Tuinakauvadra has joined the growing list of the Wallaroos\u2019 best to re-sign with Rugby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/australia-women\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> for 2026, with the 22-year-old\u2019s signature generating plenty of excitement within Australia and the Brumbies.<\/p>\n<p>Tuinakauvadra is joined by Bridie O\u2019Gorman, Samantha Wood, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/tiarah-minns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tiarah Minns<\/a> as the latest quartet to re-sign, building a clearer picture of what the 2026 Wallaroos could look like.<\/p>\n<p>The group boast 73 Test caps between them, and are key figures in their respective Super Rugby clubs as well as the national team.<\/p>\n<p>General Manager of Women\u2019s Rugby Jilly Collins said Tuinakauvadra\u2019s signature was a big step in continuing to grow the Wallaroos over the coming World Cup cycle ahead of the 2029 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/rugby-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby World Cup<\/a> in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTabua is a key figure within our setup, and we are thrilled to confirm her re-signing,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving our 2025 Wallaroos Player of the Year commit is fantastic for continuity as we continue to build this squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins had plenty of praise for Tuinakauvadra\u2019s teammates, too, labelling O\u2019Gorman a \u201ctireless worker\u201d, while expressing huge excitement about Wood and Minns\u2019 potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBridie is a consistent performer in the all-important tight five, particularly in the set piece,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has been a mainstay in the Wallaroos program since making her debut in 2022 and is a tireless worker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSammy successfully overcame injury early in the year and committed fully to earning her place in the World Cup squad,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe played a key role for the team, starting at scrumhalf in all the World Cup matches, and her future potential is incredibly promising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTiarah had an outstanding Super Rugby Women\u2019s campaign, which was rightly recognised with a Player of the Year nomination,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was deservedly rewarded with two Wallaroos appearances at the start of the year, and we see her as a player with strong, exciting potential who is committed to continued growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tabua Tuinakauvadra has joined the growing list of the Wallaroos\u2019 best to re-sign with Rugby Australia for 2026,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-283294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}