Ruth Blackburn (born 27 May 1992) is an Australian

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who last played for Australian W-League team

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

Personal life

Outside of her sports career, she has worked as a researcher. Her work has included research into the use of

medical cannabis Medical cannabis, or medical marijuana (MMJ), is cannabis and cannabinoids that are prescribed by physicians for their patients. The use of cannabis as medicine has not been rigorously tested due to production and governmental restrictions ...

for children with

epilepsy Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures can vary from brief and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking due to abnormal electrical ...

Honours

With

: * W-League Premiership: 2008–09 * W-League Championship: 2008–09

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* Australian women's soccer players Living people Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) players Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) players 1992 births Soccer players from Brisbane Women's association football defenders Sportswomen from Queensland {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub