Annaleah Rush

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Annaleah Rush
Date of birth (1976-04-15) 15 April 1976 (age 48)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Fullback
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Marist (0)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1995–1999 Otago 22 (0)
2000–2001 Auckland 14 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996–2002Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 20 (152)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2000–2001Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Netherlands Team competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Spain Team competition

Annaleah Bodle (née Rush; born 15 April 1976) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She was a member of New Zealand's Champion 1998 and 2002 Rugby World Cup squads.

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Rugby career

XVs

Rush played for the Black Ferns from 1996 to 2002. [1] She made her test debut on 8 September 1996 against Canada at St Albert. She also competed against the United States and France who were also participants of the Canada Cup. In 1997, She played against England and, the Wallaroos.

She was part of the New Zealand side that won their first Rugby World Cup title in 1998 in the Netherlands. [2] [3] She scored two tries in the semi-final against England to help her side reach the final. [4] [5] She was the tournament's topscorer. [6]

Rush appeared in the Triangular '99 tournament that was hosted by New Zealand which featured Canada and the United States. She also played Canada and England in the 2000 Canada Cup.

In 2001, She was selected in the Black Ferns squad that played England in two test matches in June. [7] Her side won the first test with a narrow margin of five points. [8] [9] After ten years of being undefeated, they lost the second game 22–17 at Albany. [10]

She won a second title with the Black Ferns in Spain at the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. [11] The final against England was her last international appearance for New Zealand.

Sevens

She was a member of the first official New Zealand women's sevens team, who took part in the 2000 Hong Kong Sevens. [12] [13] She also played in the 2001 Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournament which New Zealand eventually won. [14] [15]

Coaching

In 2023, She coached the Cambridge High School’s 1st XV girls’ rugby team to win their Under-17 grade and claim the Vanessa Cootes Cup. [16] She had been coaching the school's rugby for seven years. [16]

Personal life

She is the sister of former All Black and Blues Number Eight Xavier Rush. [17] [18] She also won the Women's Player of the Year award in 2001. [19]

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