page_title: Tyla Nathan-Wong
hierarchical_section_title: Tyla Nathan-Wong
caption_attribution_description: English: Tyla Nathan-Wong, during a vice-regal visit to the AUT Millenium Institute, on 25 August 2017.
context_page_description: Tyla Nathan-Wong is a New Zealand rugby sevens and touch rugby player. She made her debut for New Zealand's women's sevens in 2012 at the age of 18 and was the youngest player to be selected. She was a member of the New Zealand sevens team that won the women's 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia.
  In 2015, she was named New Zealand Sevens Player of the Year. She began playing rugby when she attended Lynfield College. She is of the Ngāpuhi tribe, and is also of Chinese and European descent. In 2013, she won the Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award and was a finalist for the same award in 2014.
  Nathan-Wong was selected for the women's sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  In 2019, Wong was nominated as a World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year having completed the season as the top goal kicker in the tournament.
context_section_description: Tyla Nathan-Wong (born 1 July 1994) is a New Zealand rugby sevens and touch rugby player. She made her debut for New Zealand's women's sevens in 2012 at the age of 18 and was the youngest player to be selected. She was a member of the New Zealand sevens team that won the women's 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia.
  In 2015, she was named New Zealand Sevens Player of the Year. She began playing rugby when she attended Lynfield College. She is of the Ngāpuhi tribe, and is also of Chinese and European descent. In 2013, she won the Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award and was a finalist for the same award in 2014.
  Nathan-Wong was selected for the women's sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  In 2019, Wong was nominated as a World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year having completed the season as the top goal kicker in the tournament.
caption: Nathan-Wong in 2017
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