Annaleah Rush

Annaleah Rush (born 15 April 1976) is a former female rugby union player for the Black Ferns.

Annaleah Rush
Date of birth (1976-04-15) 15 April 1976
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Fullback
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–2002  New Zealand 20 (152)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal – first place1998 NetherlandsTeam competition
Gold medal – first place2002 SpainTeam competition

Biography

Rush represented New Zealand at the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of the first official New Zealand women's sevens team, who took part in the Hong Kong Sevens.[1] She also played in the 2001 Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournament which New Zealand eventually won.[2]

Rush was also part of the squad that lost to England 22–17 in 2001 after ten years of being undefeated.[3]

She is the sister of former All Black and Blues Number Eight Xavier Rush.[4][5] She also won the Women's Player of the Year award in 2001.[6]

References
  1. "2000 New Zealand Women's sevens team - Where Are They Now?". All Blacks. 17 April 2020.
  2. ESPN Scrum (6 March 2001). "Richards to lead New Zealand women at Hong Kong sevens". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. Huw Turner (ESPN Scrum) (16 June 2001). "English women shatter New Zealand Black Ferns". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. New Zealand Herald (13 March 2002). "Impaled man thanks saviours". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. Dale Hartle (2014). "Ambrose Benedict Bonaventure Rush, 1872-1932". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. ESPN Scrum (5 December 2001). "Blackadder takes top New Zealand honour". Retrieved 1 September 2014.


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