Date of birth | 21 November 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linda Itunu (born 21 November 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, New Zealand women's sevens and Auckland.
Itunu attended Kelston Girls' College in Auckland. [1] She was a member of three successful Rugby World Cup campaigns in 2006, 2010 and 2017. [2] [3] [4] She was also part of the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Squad that won gold. [5] [6] She had won silver at the previous Sevens World Cup in Dubai.
Itunu was named in the squad to the 2014 Rugby World Cup in France. [7] In 2015 she was included in the Black Ferns squad alongside her sister Aldora Itunu to play in the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada. [8]
After Retiring in 2018 from international rugby Itunu captained the Barbarians Women's team in 2019 for matches in Denver, Colorado against USA and England Rose in London, England.
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