Rowena Fulham (née Nutira) (born 18 May 1960) is a former

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player who represented

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at international level and went on to become a renowned coach. Fulham was named coach of the year 3 years running in Canterbury, winning the league, cup double 3 years running. Fulham went on to gain her International coaching license and assisted both Allan Jones with the NZ Senior Women in 2006 and Paul Temple with the U17 at the FIFA U17 World cup hosted in NZ in 2008 Fulham scored on her

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début with a glancing header from an Ingrid Hall corner, in a 1–2 loss to

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on 4 October 1981, a warm up match 1 week out from the 1981 Invitational World Cup in Taiwan, and finished her international career with eight caps and four goals to her credit.

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1960 births Place of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand women's association footballers New Zealand women's international footballers Women's association football forwards {{NewZealand-women-footy-bio-stub