Fiona Richards
| Date of birth | 23 December 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fiona Richards (born 23 December 1970) is a former female rugby union player.
Richards made her Black Ferns debut on 4 October 1993 against a NZRFU President's XV at Wellington.[1] She made her international debut a year later on 2 September against Australia at Sydney.
Richards played in the 1998 World Cup along with her older sister and fellow Black Fern Anna Richards.[2] She represented Auckland provincially and the College Rifles Thunderbirds in the Auckland Club Championship with her sister.[3] She retired from rugby in 2000 due to a knee injury.[1]
Richards now coaches the Thunderbirds with another former Black Fern Rochelle Martin.[4]
References
- ^ a b Julian, Adam (8 June 2022). "Bremners join special Black Ferns sisters' group". allblacks.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ IRB.com (4 September 2010). "Anna Richards: Finals are a great feeling". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ College Rifles.co.nz (2014). "College Rifles Womens Rugby". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ College Rifles.co.nz (29 April 2014). "Newsletter - 30th April". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.