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Rebecca Mahoney
	Canterbury vs Manawatu, 12 October 2013 at Rugby Park
Birth name	Rebecca Marie Hull
Date of birth	25 August 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Masterton, New Zealand
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flyhalf
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1999	Bush RFU
–	Eketahuna
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
2000–2016	Wellington
	Manawatu
-	Hawke's Bay
International career
Years	Team
2004–2011	New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Representing New Zealand
Rugby World Cup

Rebecca Mahoney (née Hull, born 25 August 1983) is a former rugby union footballer and referee. She represented New Zealand and Wellington Rugby Football Union. She was a member of the Black Ferns 2006 and 2010 Rugby World Cup winning squads.^[1]^[2]

Personal life

Mahoney attended Alfredton Primary School and Palmerston North Girls' High School, where she was Dux Ludorum. She currently farms with her husband Luke in the Tararua District, New Zealand.^[2]

Refereeing career

Mahoney was a rugby referee in New Zealand.^[3] She is the first of two women to be named to the New Zealand Elite Referee Squad.^[4] She reffed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[2]

Mahoney was also named to the World Referee Squad and refereed the 2018 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Dubai, Japan, Australia, London, and New Zealand.^[5]

Mahoney's first international referring rugby union test was in Hong Kong.^[6] She retired from first class refereeing in 2021.^[6]