Cheryl Moana Waaka

Cheryl Waaka
Date of birth (1970-05-12) May 12, 1970
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Loose Forward
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Auckland
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1997  New Zealand

Cheryl Waaka (born May 12, 1970) is a former female rugby union player. She represented New Zealand and Auckland. She was in the squad that won the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1]

In 2005, Waaka became the first woman in Northland to coach a senior men's club rugby team.[2]

References

  1. BBC Sport (25 May 2002). "Black Ferns too strong for England". Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. Tim Eves (The Northern Advocate) NZ Herald (9 June 2005). "Cheryl passes on her rugby knowledge to men's team". Retrieved 9 July 2014.


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