Maia Davis (born 2 April 2006) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She is a member of the Black Ferns sevens team.
Club career She was educated at Manukura in Palmerston North, where she won the National First XV Top 4 Championship finals in September 2024.
She was still a student when she played for two seasons in the Farah Palmer Cup with the Manawatū Cyclones, along with two seasons with the New Zealand Under 18 Sevens team and a spell with the New Zealand Sevens Development team. In ten appearances for the Cyclones, Davis scored 10 tries and kicked 15 conversions, winning the 2024 Championship title with a 33-3 win over Otago. She was offered a contract with New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team in October 2024.
Rugby Sevens
She made her debut as an 18 year-old for Black Ferns sevens team at the 2025 Canada Sevens in Vancouver in 2025, part of the 2024-25 SVNS series, and scored her first senior international try in a 41-7 win over Fiji. New Zealand ultimately won the tournament. She was a member of the New Zealand team which won the Hong Kong Sevens in March 2025. She continued with the side, impressing while playing in the 2025-26 SVNS.
Rugby career
Davis joined the Matatū squad for the 2026 Super Rugby Aupiki season, playing every game including their grand final loss.https://www.matatu.co.nz/news/black-ferns-sevens-duo-make-matatu-debuts
International career
Davis was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2026 WXV Global series.https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/951255/five-new-faces-named-in-black-ferns-end-of-year-squad She made her international debut on September 19 against Scotland in Edinburgh.https://newswire.co.nz/2026/09/black-ferns-debutants-changes-scotland-test-edinburgh/
Personal life She is from a rugby union family, with her parents Moana and Peter both representing Hawkes Bay at first-class level, with Peter making 87 appearances on the wing for them between 1983 and 1993.
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