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Cheryl Waaka
Date of birth (1970-05-12) 12 May 1970 (age 54)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose Forward
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Auckland ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997  New Zealand

Cheryl Waaka (born 12 May 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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