Saviour Tui
Personal information
Full name Saviour Tui
Born (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
School St Mary's College, Wellington
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS, GA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2018 Central Zone
2018 → Central Pulse
2019 → Central Manawa
2019–2021 Northern Mystics 16
2021 → Northern Marvels 9
2022– Southern Steel
Years National team(s) Caps
2022– Samoa

Saviour Tui (born 17 October 2001) is a Samoa netball international. Tui was a member of three title winning teams in New Zealand's National Netball League. In 2018 and 2019, Tui won titles with Central Zone/Central Manawa. In 2021 she won a third title with Northern Marvels. She was also a member of the Central Pulse team that won the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. She was a fringe member of the 2021 Northern Mystics team that were ANZ Premiership champions. Since 2022, she has played for Southern Steel in the ANZ Premiership.

Early life, family and education

Tui is a Samoan New Zealander. She also has Tokelauan ancestry.[1] She was raised in Wainuiomata[2][3][4][5][6] in Lower Hutt.[7] She was educated at St Mary's College, Wellington.[2][8][9]

Playing career

Central Zone/Central Manawa

In 2018 and 2019, Tui played for Central Zone/Central Manawa in the National Netball League.[9][10][11][12] She was just 16 and still at school when first included in the Central Zone team.[2][5] She was subsequently a member of two Central Zone/Central Manawa NNL title winning teams.[6][10][12] After helping Central Zone win a second title in 2018,[13][14] she helped, the now renamed Central Manawa, complete a three in a row in 2019. In the 2019 final, Tui, scored 36 from 38 as they defeated Waikato Bay of Plenty 49–46.[15][16]

Central Pulse

Tui played for Central Pulse in the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. She played and scored for Pulse in all three group stage matches.[14][17][18][19]

Northern Mystics

Between 2019 and 2021, Tui played for Northern Mystics.[1][3][20][21][22] She was a member of the Mystics team that finished as runners up in the 2019 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament.[20] She was subsequently a regular in 2020 Mystics team.[5][23][24] She was only a fringe member of the 2021 Northern Mystics team that were ANZ Premiership champions. She played just 14 minutes of game time, down from 374 minutes in 2020. Tui was kept out of the team by Grace Nweke, Bailey Mes and Filda Vui.[23][25] However she was a prominent member of the Northern Marvels team, the Mystics reserve team, that were 2021 National Netball League champions. Tui played all nine NNL matches for Marvels and she finished the season as the NNL top scorer with 337 goals and a 91% accuracy rate. In the grand final she scored 56 from 58 as Marvels defeated Northern Comets 64–56. She was also named player of the match. It was Marvels' first NNL title and Tui's third. She was subsequently named National Netball League Player of the Year.[6][22][25][26][27]

Southern Steel

Ahead of the 2022 season, Tui signed for Southern Steel.[4][25][28][29]

International

New Zealand

In 2018 and 2019, Tui was included in New Zealand schoolgirl squads.[2][8][9] She also played for the New Zealand under 21s in the 2020 Cadbury Netball Series.[7][25][30][31][32]

Samoa

In July 2022, Tui played for Samoa at the 2023 Netball World Cup Oceania qualifiers.[33][34][35]

Statistics

ANZ Premiership

Season Team G/A GA RB CPR FD IC DF PN TO MP
2020 Mystics Goals scored 86/105 (82%)431105650152013
2021 Mystics Goals scored 6/8 (75%)113400013
2022 Steel Goals scored 127/160 (79%)65585983144412
2023 Steel Goals scored
Career

Sources:[23][24]

Honours

Northern Mystics
Central Pulse
Central Zone/Central Manawa
Northern Marvels
Individual Awards
Year Award
2021National Netball League Player of the Year[27][36][37]

References

  1. 1 2 "2020 Media Guide ANZ Premiership" (PDF). anzpremiership.co.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Saviour Tui: Shooting for the top". www.collegesportmedia.co.nz. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "ANZ Premiership 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). anzpremiership.co.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 "ANZ Premiership 2022 Media Guide" (PDF). anzpremiership.co.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Teen Nweke leads Mystics' rookie shooting trio". www.newsroom.co.nz. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "Our adopted Wellingtonian has third title in her sights". www.northernmystics.co.nz. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  7. 1 2 "(2020) Cadbury Netball Series Programme" (PDF). www.silverferns.co.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Talented netballers selected in the NZSS team". www.collegesportmedia.co.nz. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 "All smiles from young Manawa shooter". www.netballcentral.co.nz. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Central Zone Beko Team 2018 Beko Netball League - Champions". www.netballcentral.co.nz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Netball Central – Annual Report 2019" (PDF). www.netballcentral.co.nz. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Central Zone Beko Team 2019 Beko Netball League - Champions". www.netballcentral.co.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Central crowned winners of the 2018 Beko Netball League". www.scoop.co.nz. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Beko winners join Pulse ranks for Super Club". www.scoop.co.nz. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Manawa celebrate third successive Beko title". www.netballcentral.co.nz. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  16. ↑ "Central secure Beko Netball League three-peat". www.netballnz.co.nz. 19 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  17. ↑ "Netball – Super Club Day 1 Results". scoop.co.nz. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "Central Pulse 49–50 NSWIS". mc.championdata.com. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  19. ↑ "Central Pulse 81–35 Marama Vou". mc.championdata.com. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  20. 1 2 "Collingwood Magpies win 2019 Super Club". www.scoop.co.nz. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "Netball Northern – 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). www.netballnorthern.co.nz. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  22. 1 2 "Netball Northern 2021 Annual Report" (PDF). www.netballnorthern.co.nz. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  23. 1 2 3 "Saviour Tui". anzpremiership.co.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  24. 1 2 "Saviour Tui". central.rookieme.com. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  25. 1 2 3 4 "Netball's six breakout stars for 2022". stuff.co.nz. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  26. ↑ "History-making win for Northern Marvels". www.netballnorthern.co.nz. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  27. 1 2 "Silver Ferns defender Sulu Fitzpatrick claims top honour at Netball NZ awards". www.nzherald.co.nz. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  28. ↑ "Saviour Tui signs with Steel for 2022". www.anzpremiership.co.nz. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  29. ↑ "New Steel goal attack having no trouble fitting in". www.odt.co.nz. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  30. ↑ "New Zealand under 21 team named for Cadbury Netball Series". www.silverferns.co.nz. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  31. ↑ "Young shooter Grace Nweke in Silver Ferns". www.rnz.co.nz. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  32. ↑ "Silver Ferns to face NZ Men in Netball Series final". www.nzsportswire.com. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  33. ↑ "Tifa Moana Set to Play Oceania Netball World Cup Qualifiers". samoaglobalnews.com. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  34. ↑ "Tifa Moana Secure 54-35 Win Over Cook Islands at Netball World Cup Qualifiers". samoaglobalnews.com. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  35. ↑ "Tifa Moana Finish Strong but Miss Out on World Cup". samoaglobalnews.com. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  36. ↑ "Silver Fern Sulu Fitzpatrick completes stunning rise with Dame Lois Muir Supreme Medal". stuff.co.nz. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  37. ↑ "New Zealand Netball Awards – Winners". nznetballawards.co.nz. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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