Amiria Juanita Mahanna Denelle Rule ( Marsh; born 17 May 1983) is a retired female

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player. She represented and

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. She was a member of the

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squad that won the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cup's and currently plays for Springston RFC.

Rugby career

Rule was the youngest Black Fern to make her international debut at the age of 17, on 23 September 2000 against

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. She competed in her first

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as a member of the Black Ferns 2002 World Cup squad. In 2006, she was named the New Zealand Women’s Player of the Year and made the Black Ferns squad for the 2006 Rugby World Cup in

. She missed out on the 2010 Rugby World Cup due to a knee injury. Rule was part of the team that won the 2013 series against . She led the Black Ferns in her only captaincy role for the

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, her side won 38–3. She later made selection to the 2014 Rugby World Cup in France where the Black Ferns missed out on playing in the semifinals for the first time. She scored the final try in her sides 63–7 win over

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in the semi-final of the 5th–8th place playoff.

Personal life

Rule currently teaches at Avonhead Primary School in

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References

External links

Black Ferns ProfileAIG Profile
1983 births Living people New Zealand women's international rugby union players New Zealand female rugby union players Place of birth missing (living people) Canterbury rugby union players Rugby union centres {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub