Annaleah Rush (born 15 April 1976) is a former female

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player for the Black Ferns.

Biography

Rush represented at the

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and

2002 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second World Cup fully sanctioned by the sports governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB). The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain. The formatThere are 16 teams at the IRB Women's World Cup 200 ...

. She was a member of the first official

New Zealand women's sevens The New Zealand Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, currently hosted at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton. The tournament is one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and is hosted as pa ...

team, who took part in the

2000 Hong Kong Sevens The 2000 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the inaugural World Sevens Series, the 1999–2000 season. It was the eighth leg of the series, held on 24–26 March 2000, at the Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kon ...

. She also played in the

2001 Hong Kong Women's Sevens The 2001 Hong Kong Women's Sevens was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held on 28–30 March. New Zealand won the tournament after defeating the United States 22–10. Additional information The tournament also incorporated an Asian ...

tournament which New Zealand eventually won. Rush was also part of the squad that lost to 22–17 in 2001 after ten years of being undefeated. She is the sister of former

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and

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Number Eight

Xavier Rush Xavier Joseph Rush (born 13 July 1977, in Auckland) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a former All Black and played professional rugby in Wales for Cardiff Blues where he is the former captain. Career Rush played domestic rug ...

. She also won the Women's Player of the Year award in 2001.

References

1976 births Living people New Zealand women's international rugby union players New Zealand female rugby union players New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub