Linda Itunu
Appearance
Date of birth | November 21, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linda Itunu (born November 21, 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, New Zealand women's sevens and Auckland.
Itunu attended Kelston Girls' College in Auckland.[1] She was a member of two successful Rugby World Cup campaigns in 2006[2] and 2010. She was also part of the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Squad that won.[3]
Itunu was named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup in France.[4] In 2015 she was included in the Black Ferns squad alongside her sister Aldora Itunu to play in the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada.[5] She was named in the squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Rugby off to a flying start". www.kelstongirls.school.nz. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ allblacks.com (17 September 2006). "Rowlands rings in two changes for final". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ IRB (June 2013). "New Zealand Women's Sevens Squad". Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ stuff.co.nz (2 July 2014). "Black Ferns name squad for 2014 World Cup". Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Black Ferns squad to tour Canada named". ALLBLACKS.COM. 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". Radio New Zealand. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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