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Tyla Nathan-Wong
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Tyla King (née Nathan-Wong; born 1 July 1994) is a New Zealand international rugby union player, professional rugby league player and Olympian.
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Birth name | Tyla Nathan-Wong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (9 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Lynfield College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She played touch rugby, tag rugby and both sevens and fifteen-a-side rugby union as a teenager before in 2012 at the age of 18 she made her debut as a professional rugby sevens player when she was selected for the New Zealand sevens team. During her time with the team, which she captained on a number of occasions, they won the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2022–23. With them she won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2]
In May 2023 she was released from her contract with New Zealand Rugby to play rugby league for the Australian club St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership. This led to her being selected in October 2023 for the New Zealand women's national rugby league team for whom she has played three matches to date. She returned to the New Zealand women sevens rugby team in early 2024 and is currently the highest women points scorer in the history of the women sevens series.
As well as touch, sevens rugby, fifteen-a-side and rugby league, King has represented New Zealand in tag rugby.[3]