Date of birth | 23 December 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fiona Richards (born 23 December 1970) is a former female rugby union player.
Richards made her Black Ferns debut on 4 October 1993 against a NZRFU President's XV at Wellington. [1] She made her international debut a year later on 2 September against Australia at Sydney.
Richards played in the 1998 World Cup along with her older sister and fellow Black Fern Anna Richards. [2] She represented Auckland provincially and the College Rifles Thunderbirds in the Auckland Club Championship with her sister. [3] She retired from rugby in 2000 due to a knee injury. [1]
Richards now coaches the Thunderbirds with another former Black Fern Rochelle Martin. [4]
Date of birth | 23 December 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fiona Richards (born 23 December 1970) is a former female rugby union player.
Richards made her Black Ferns debut on 4 October 1993 against a NZRFU President's XV at Wellington. [1] She made her international debut a year later on 2 September against Australia at Sydney.
Richards played in the 1998 World Cup along with her older sister and fellow Black Fern Anna Richards. [2] She represented Auckland provincially and the College Rifles Thunderbirds in the Auckland Club Championship with her sister. [3] She retired from rugby in 2000 due to a knee injury. [1]
Richards now coaches the Thunderbirds with another former Black Fern Rochelle Martin. [4]