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Biography
Tysha Ikenasio (born 13 September 1997) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.
Rugby career
Ikenasio attended Sancta Maria College in Auckland and played netball and touch rugby representatively. She competed for New Zealand at the 2015 Touch World Cup in Australia.
Ikenasio played sevens professionally in Japan for five years, she played for the Tokyo Phoenix for two years before moving to the Nagato Blue Angels.
Ikenasio joined the Black Ferns Sevens Development Team in 2022. She played for the Black Ferns Pango team at the 2022 Oceania Sevens at Pukekohe. She was named as a non-travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
2023 Premier Rugby Sevens
In May of 2023, Ikenasio revealed she was going to play for Premier Rugby Sevens in the United States. Ikenasio signed with the Texas Team, suiting up alongside Black Ferns teammate, Alena Saili.
Ikenasio ended the year totaling, 15 carries, 10 points, nine tackles, two trys, and two steals. Team went 1-3 throughout the season picking up their lone win at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pa. against the Pittsburgh Steeltoes. Texas dominated Pittsburgh, shutting them out 29-0.
Ikenasio tallied one try in the Eastern Conference Kickoff at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Tx. At this event, the Team went 0-2 falling to the New York Locals and the Steeltoes.
She scored her second try at the Eastern Conference Finals in Pittsburgh where the squad went 1-1, falling to the Southern Headliners by one point and topping the Steeltoes.