Annaleah Rush
| Date of birth | 15 April 1976 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Annaleah Rush (born 15 April 1976) is a former female rugby union player for the Black Ferns.
Biography[edit]
Rush represented New Zealand at the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of the first official New Zealand women's sevens team, who took part in the 2000 Hong Kong Sevens.[1][2] She also played in the 2001 Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournament which New Zealand eventually won.[3]
Rush was also part of the squad that lost to England 22–17 in 2001 after ten years of being undefeated.[4]
She is the sister of former All Black and Blues Number Eight Xavier Rush.[5][6] She also won the Women's Player of the Year award in 2001.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "2000 New Zealand Women's sevens team - Where Are They Now?". All Blacks. 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Looking back: Black Ferns Sevens in Hong Kong (2000)". allblacks.com. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ ESPN Scrum (6 March 2001). "Richards to lead New Zealand women at Hong Kong sevens". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Huw Turner (ESPN Scrum) (16 June 2001). "English women shatter New Zealand Black Ferns". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ New Zealand Herald (13 March 2002). "Impaled man thanks saviours". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Dale Hartle (2014). "Ambrose Benedict Bonaventure Rush, 1872-1932". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ ESPN Scrum (5 December 2001). "Blackadder takes top New Zealand honour". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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