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Alena Saili
NZ rugby union player
Alena Saili (born 13 December 1998) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.
Saili joined the Black Ferns Sevens in 2017.[2] She won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal.[3]
Saili was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[4][5] She won a bronze medal at the event.[6][7] She was part of the Black Ferns sevens team that won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[8][9][10]
Saili expanded her international career playing for Premier Rugby Sevens in the United States of America, signing with the Texas Team during the 2023 season.