Victoria Heighway

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Victoria Heighway
Date of birth (1980-11-28) 28 November 1980 (age 44)
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–2009 Auckland 19 (5)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2000–2010 New Zealand 32 (10)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2002 Spain Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2006 Canada Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2010 England Team competition

Victoria Heighway (born 28 November 1980) is a New Zealand female rugby union player. She played Lock for New Zealand internationally and represented Auckland at the provincial level.

Heighway made her Black Ferns test debut, aged 19, on 23 September 2000 against Canada at Winnipeg.[1]

Heighway was a member of the champion 2002, 2006, and 2010 Rugby World Cup sides.[2][3] She captained the Black Ferns in their tour of England in 2009.[3][4] She was named New Zealand Women’s Player of the Year twice, in 2007 and 2009.[5][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "World Cup Windback: 2006 Black Ferns". allblacks.com. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ "World Cup Win The Last Word For Many Black Ferns". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Heighway expecting a physical tour". www.stuff.co.nz. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Rugby: Black Ferns confident". NZ Herald. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ Julian, Adam (4 June 2022). "Kendra Cocksedge – by the numbers". allblacks.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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