Annaleah Rush
| Date of birth | 15 April 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Annaleah Rush (born 15 April 1976) is a former female rugby union player for the Black Ferns. She represented New Zealand at the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. She also played in the 2001 Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournament which New Zealand eventually won.[1] Rush was also part of the squad that lost to England 22–17 in 2001 after ten years of being undefeated.[2]
She is the sister of former All Black and Blues Number Eight Xavier Rush.[3][4] She also won the Women's Player of the Year award in 2001.[5]
References[]
- ^ ESPN Scrum (6 March 2001). "Richards to lead New Zealand women at Hong Kong sevens". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Huw Turner (ESPN Scrum) (16 June 2001). "English women shatter New Zealand Black Ferns". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ New Zealand Herald (13 March 2002). "Impaled man thanks saviours". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Dale Hartle (2014). "Ambrose Benedict Bonaventure Rush, 1872-1932". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ ESPN Scrum (5 December 2001). "Blackadder takes top New Zealand honour". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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