Aimee Sutorius
| Date of birth | 27 May 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aimee Sutorius (born 27 May 1979) is a former New Zealand rugby union and sevens player. She competed at an international level for New Zealand and at provincial level for Wellington. She also played for the Black Ferns sevens side.
Rugby career
Sutorius fought season-ending injuries in 2003 and 2005.[1] She made her test debut for the Black Ferns on 20 October 2007 against Australia at Porirua.[1][2]
She was selected for the Black Ferns training squad ahead of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[3]
In 2015, Sutorius was named in a wider Black Ferns training squad for a 12-month high performance training programme beginning in 2016 in preparation for the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[4]
Coaching career
Sutorius was the Elite U18s coach for the Rhinos Rugby Academy in California in 2017.[5] In 2019, she coached the Otago women's sevens team for the national sevens tournament.[6] She was the Women's High Performance Player Development Manager for Otago Rugby in 2021.[7] She was announced as the Women's Head Coach for Northern United Rugby Football Club for the 2022 season.[8]
Sutorius was named as an assistant coach for the Wellington Pride in the 2023 Farah Palmer Cup.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Ferns set to wield the Axe". www.stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Wellington: Aimee Sutorius". www.clubrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Black Ferns begin World Cup preparations". www.world.rugby. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Blacks Ferns have eyes on the prize". www.world.rugby. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Goff, Alex (31 July 2017). "Rhinos Could Charge At NAI 7s". FloRugby. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hepburn, Steve (14 December 2019). "Former Black Fern answers call by Otago women". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ChildFund Rugby | Supporting children to play, learn and lead". ChildFund Rugby. 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Notice | 2022 Coach Announcements". www.norths.co.nz. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Wellington Pride Coaching Group Confirmed". www.wellingtonlions.co.nz. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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