Tenika Willison

Tenika Willison (born 7 December 1997) is a New Zealand rugby sevens and rugby league player. She is currently contracted to the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. She plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She also plays for the Black Ferns sevens internationally and won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Rugby career

Rugby sevens Willison debuted for the Black Ferns Sevens side in 2016. She competed for New Zealand in the women's sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she won a gold medal.

Willison was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She won a bronze medal at the event. She later competed in her second Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town and won a silver medal.

Fifteens Willison was signed by Chiefs Manawa for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season. She made her international debut against Australia on 29 June 2023 at Brisbane.

She returned to the Chiefs Manawa side for the 2025 Super Rugby Aupiki season.

Rugby League In August 2024, Willison signed a 2-year contract with the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership competition, starting effective immediately.

On 15 February 2026 she scored two tries for the Māori All Stars in the 14-20 defeat to the Indigenous All Stars in Hamilton, New Zealand.