Stacey Fluhler

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Stacey Fluhler
Black Fern Stacey Fluhler (Stacey Waaka at the time) with Women's Rugby World Cup trophy and WRWC medals.jpg
Fluhler at the 2017 World Cup celebration in Wellington.
Birth nameStacy Waaka
Date of birth (1995-11-03) 3 November 1995 (age 26)
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–present New Zealand 10
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2016–present  New Zealand
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Women's Rugby World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ireland Team competition
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team competition
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Gold medal – first place 2018 San Francisco Team competition

Stacey Fluhler (née Waaka; born 3 November 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player.

She debuted for the Black Ferns in 2015, the same year her brother Beaudein Waaka made his Rugby sevens debut for New Zealand.[1][2] Fluhler won the Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award that year.[3]

In 2016, she was also named in the development squad for the women's sevens and made her international debut in that form of the game.[4][5]

She was a member of the victorious 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[6] That year she graduated from the University of Waikato in the Bachelor of Sport and Leisure Studies with a major in Sport Management.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Two black jerseys for Waaka siblings". Māori Television. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ Strang, Ben (23 June 2015). "Stacey Waaka excited for Black Ferns debut". Stuff. Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ Koti, Tepara; Day, Wikitōria (28 November 2015). "Stacey Waaka wins Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award". Māori Television. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Waaka selected for NZ Women's Development Sevens squad". Māori Television. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Waikato duo to debut in New Zealand women's sevens side in Atlanta". Waikato Times. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Stacey Waaka - Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar". www.waikato.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

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