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.
| Date of birth | 28 November 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ a b "World Cup Windback: 2006 Black Ferns". allblacks.com. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "World Cup Win The Last Word For Many Black Ferns". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Heighway expecting a physical tour". www.stuff.co.nz. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Rugby: Black Ferns confident". NZ Herald. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ Julian, Adam (4 June 2022). "Kendra Cocksedge – by the numbers". allblacks.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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