Renee Wickliffe

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Renee Wickliffe
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Birth nameRenee Wickliffe
Date of birth (1987-05-30) 30 May 1987 (age 37)
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (9 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2011 Auckland 12 (40)
2013–2016 Counties Manukau 14 (85)
2018–2021 Bay of Plenty 13 (53)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2022 New Zealand 46 (120)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2009– New Zealand 7s
Spouse
(m. 2022)
Medal record
Women's rugby union
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's Rugby World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 England Team competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Ireland Team competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 New Zealand Team competition
Sevens World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Dubai Team competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Moscow Team competition

Renee Woodman-Wickliffe (née Wickliffe; born 30 May 1987) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She represents New Zealand and Auckland. She was in the squad that won the 2010 Rugby World Cup and the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

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Biography

Wickliffe was named in the Black Ferns squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. [1] She was included in the Black Ferns squad for the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada [2] and was named in the squad for the 2017 Rugby World Cup. [3] [4]

In 2019 she was part of the winning team of the Super Series, [5] scoring a hat-trick in the final deciding game against England. [6]

Wickliffe was named in the Chiefs squad for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki in 2022. [7] [8] She was called in as an injury replacement for the Black Ferns squad to the 2022 Pacific Four Series. [9]

Wickliffe made the Black Ferns 32-player squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. [10] [4] She scored a brace of tries against a scoreless Scotland in the Black Ferns final pool game . [11] [12]

Personal life

Wickliffe has been in a long-term relationship with fellow Black Fern and World Cup winner Portia Woodman since 2013, and they married in December 2022. They have both adopted the surname Woodman-Wickliffe. [13]

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