| Date of birth | 26 July 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vanessa Cootes (born 26 July 1969) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She played for New Zealand at an international level and for Waikato provincially. She was a member of the Black Ferns 1998 and 2002 Rugby World Cup Champion squads.
Rugby career
[edit]Cootes was part of the 1998 Rugby World Cup champion squad, she scored four of the Black Ferns eight tries in the final.[1][2] She also competed at the 2002 Rugby World Cup in Spain.[3][4]
Cootes currently holds the Black Ferns record for the most tries scored, with 43 tries in 16 tests, and for the most points and tries scored in a match.[5][4] She scored a record nine tries against France in 1996.[4][5]
She received her Black Ferns cap in 2018.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ IRB (2014). "Women's Rugby World Cup history". Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Rugby's all-time greatest women's XV". Rugby World. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby | world.rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Robinson, Melodie (15 October 2022). "Remembering the Black Ferns' 1998 Rugby World Cup strike weapons". The Spinoff. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ a b Julian, Adam (12 October 2022). "World Cup excites with tries galore". allblacks.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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