Rebecca Mahoney
_with_the_ball.jpg) Canterbury vs Manawatu, 12 October 2013 at Rugby Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Rebecca Marie Hull | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Masterton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Template:Unit weight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebecca Mahoney (née Hull), born 25 August 1983, is a former rugby player and a rugby referee. She represented New Zealand and Wellington Rugby Football Union. She was a member of the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squads.[1]
Personal life
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Mahoney attended Alfredton Primary School and Palmerston North Girls' High School, where she was Dux Ludorum.
Mahoney currently farms with her husband Luke in the Alfredton District.
Career as a referee
Mahoney is currently a rugby referee in New Zealand.[2] She the first of two women to be named to the New Zealand Elite Referee Squad.[3] Mahoney was also named to the World Referee Squad and is refereeing the 2018 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Dubai, Japan, Australia, London, and New Zealand.[4] Mahoney's first international referring rugby union test was in Hong Kong. Mahoney refereed rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast of Australia.
References
- ^ Allblacks.com (18 August 2010). "Preview: 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ Carle, Steve (3 Apr 2017). "Rugby: Former Black Fern swaps the ball for a ref's whistle". New Zealand Herald.
- ^ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11986038
- ^ https://times-age.co.nz/mahoney-taking-control/
External links
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