Monalisa Urquhart (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Codling; born 20 April 1977) is a former

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 and

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

. She previously played for

Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...

. Codling attended

Kelston Girls' College Kelston Girls’ College (KGC) is a single-sex girls state secondary school in Kelston, a suburb in West Auckland, New Zealand. It was created in 1963 when the roll of Kelston High School (formed in 1954) became too large for the site on the co ...

and played for the

Black Ferns The New Zealand women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's international rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won six out of nine Women's Rugby World Cup tourname ...

from 1998 to 2010. The 2010 Rugby World Cup was her fourth successful World Cup. She was also a part of three other successful Rugby World Cup campaigns — 1998, 2002, and 2006. Codling almost missed the 2006 Rugby World Cup because she had a serious case of chickenpox. She scored a try in the

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just before halftime after running 40 metres. Codling spent some time in France working for the British Council as a Finance and Operations Manager.

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Black Ferns profile
1977 births Living people New Zealand women's international rugby union players New Zealand female rugby union players Female rugby sevens players People educated at Kelston Girls' College {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub