Kendra Cocksedge

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Kendra Cocksedge
MNZM
Kendra Cocksedge MNZM (cropped).jpg
Cocksedge in 2021
Birth nameKendra Margaret Cocksedge
Date of birth (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth New Plymouth, New Zealand
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2022 Canterbury 100 (1085)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2022 New Zealand 68 (404)
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Women's rugby union
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's Rugby World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 New Zealand Team competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Ireland Team competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 England Team competition

Kendra Margaret Cocksedge MNZM (born 1 July 1988) is a retired New Zealand Rugby Union player and Cricketer. [1] [2] She played for the New Zealand Women's national rugby union side, the Black Ferns and for the Canterbury provincial side. She was a member of the 2010, 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup winning squads. In 2018 she won the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year Award at the annual New Zealand Rugby awards. [3]

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Early life

Cocksedge was originally from Taranaki, she played rugby from a young age and made the Taranaki and Hurricanes Secondary School teams. She also represented the Central Hinds at cricket, debuting as a 15-year-old.

Cricket career

Cocksedge wore cap #100 for the Central Districts Hinds, playing 38 List A one-day matches and five Twenty20s. She debuted in the 2004-5 season and played through to the 2007-8 season State League final (after she has already become a Black Fern). When her rugby and cricket commitments required her to chose a single sport, she retired from cricket. [4]

Rugby career

In 2007, at the age of 19, she made her debut for Canterbury after moving there to study at Lincoln University. [5] [6] She later made her international debut for the Black Ferns on 16 October that year against the Wallaroos at Wanganui. [7] [6] In addition to Rugby union, Cocksedge has also represented New Zealand in the sport of Rugby sevens and was a member of the winning team of the Women's Sevens World Series in 2013. [5]

Cocksedge playing for Canterbury Kendra Cocksedge (Canterbury) with the ball.jpg
Cocksedge playing for Canterbury

2014–2017

In 2014 Cocksedge started in all nine matches for the Canterbury Women's Provincial Team, performing strongly and scoring 101 points. Following this Cocksedge made her Test debut for New Zealand and was named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. [9]

In 2015, she was top point scorer with 26 points at the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series. She was named New Zealand's Women's Player of the Year at the end of 2015 [10] and went on to be named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad that won the tournament. [11] [12]

2018–2021

Cocksedge became the first woman to be receive the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Award for Player of the Year at the New Zealand Rugby awards in 2018. [7] In 2019 she was part of the winning team of the Women's Super Rugby Series. [13]

In the 2021 New Year Honours, Cocksedge was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby. [14] Cocksedge was one of five players who signed with the Matatū rugby team for the inaugural season of the Super Rugby Aupiki. [15]

2022

Cocksedge was selected for the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series. [16] She was recalled into the team for the August test series against the Wallaroos for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup. [17] [18]

Cocksedge appeared in her fourth World Cup when she made the Black Ferns 32-player squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. [19] [20] She helped the Black Ferns claim their sixth Rugby World Cup title. [21] [22] Cocksedge later retired from rugby after the World Cup. [6] [23]

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