| Date of birth | 23 December 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Hastings, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivia Ward-Duin (born 23 January 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player.
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivia Ward-Duin (born 23 January 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player.
Ward-Duin replaced Aldora Itunu in the Black Ferns 30-player squad to the 2019 Super Series in San Diego, but she did not feature at the tournament. [1] [2]
Ward-Duin was named in a 28-player squad for the 2019 Laurie O'Reilly Cup. [3] [4] She made her international debut for New Zealand on 10 August 2019 against Australia at Perth. [5] [6] She also featured in the second test in Auckland. [6] [7]
After making her Black Ferns debut Ward-Duin was named as captain of her North Harbour side for the 2019 Farah Palmer Cup season. [6]
Ward-Duin featured for the New Zealand Barbarians against the Black Ferns in November 2020. [8] [9] She was named in the Possibles side that faced the Probables in the Black Ferns trial match. [10]
On 3 November 2021, Ward-Duin was named in the Blues Women's squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition. [11] [12] She featured for the Blues in their opening game against Matatū, they won 21–10. [13] [14] She came off the bench in their 0–35 loss to Chiefs Manawa in the final round. [15] [16]
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