Aimee Sutorius

Aimee Sutorius (born 27 May 1979) is a former New Zealand rugby union and sevens player. She competed at an international level for New Zealand and at provincial level for Wellington. She also played for the Black Ferns sevens side.

XVs
In 2001, she was a trialist for the Black Ferns ahead of their two-test series against England in June. She fought season-ending injuries in 2003 and 2005. She made her test debut for the Black Ferns on 20 October 2007 against Australia at Porirua.

Sutorius featured in the two tests against the Wallaroos at Canberra in 2008. Her last appearance for the Black Ferns was against an England A side at Esher on 17 November 2009.

She was selected for the Black Ferns training squad ahead of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.

In 2015, Sutorius was named in a wider Black Ferns training squad for a 12-month high performance training programme beginning in 2016 in preparation for the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.

Sevens
She part of the Black Ferns sevens trial squad for the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai. Sutorius focused on sevens in 2012 in hopes of a gold medal as rugby was making its return to the Olympics in Rio.

Coaching career
Sutorius was the Elite U18s coach for the Rhinos Rugby Academy in California in 2017. In 2019, she coached the Otago women's sevens team for the national sevens tournament. She was the Women's High Performance Player Development Manager for Otago Rugby in 2021. She was announced as the Women's Head Coach for Northern United Rugby Football Club for the 2022 season.

Sutorius was named as an assistant coach for the Wellington Pride in the 2023 Farah Palmer Cup.