| Date of birth | 7 September 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Heidi Reader (born 7 September 1971) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
Reader only made three test appearances for New Zealand. She made her test debut against Australia on 22 July 1995 at Auckland. [1] Her last test was in the Black Ferns 86–8 hammering of the United States at Edmonton on 11 September 1996, she scored 21 points in that match. [2]
Reader represented Otago and the Bay of Plenty at provincial level. [3] [4] She was awarded her Black Ferns cap in Auckland on 11 May 2019, together with Hannah Myers and Claire Richardson. [4]