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Birth name | Rebecca Marie Hull | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Masterton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebecca Mahoney ( née Hull, born 25 August 1983) is a former rugby union footballer and referee. She represented New Zealand and Wellington Rugby Football Union. She was a member of the Black Ferns 2006 and 2010 Rugby World Cup winning squads. [1] [2]
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Mahoney attended Alfredton Primary School and Palmerston North Girls' High School, where she was Dux Ludorum. She currently farms with her husband Luke in the Tararua District, New Zealand. [2]
Mahoney was a rugby referee in New Zealand. [3] She is the first of two women to be named to the New Zealand Elite Referee Squad. [4] She reffed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. [2]
Mahoney was also named to the World Referee Squad and refereed the 2018 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Dubai, Japan, Australia, London, and New Zealand. [5]
Mahoney's first international referring rugby union test was in Hong Kong. [6] She retired from first class refereeing in 2021. [6]