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Born | Hastings, New Zealand | 6 April 2001|||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing, centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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[1] As of 3 November 2023 |
Cortez P Te Pou [2] (born 6 April 2001) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the St George Illawarra Dragons in Australia's NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW).
Of Māori heritage, [3] Te Pou attended Karamu High School in Hastings and was a Hawkes Bay representative in rugby union. She later moved to New South Wales, Australia, to play rugby league.
Te Pou played for the North Sydney Bears in the 2022 Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership, before playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the same competition the following season. Prior to the 2023 NRLW season, she signed for the St George Illawarra Dragons. [4]
During her NRLW debut on 29 July, Te Pou scored two tries as the Dragons defeated the Parramatta Eels 38–12. [5]
A New Zealand Maori under-18 squad member who boasts tremendous pace, Te Pou, continues to build on the promise she displayed as a member of the 2014 Hastings East Ross Shield-winning team in Wairoa.