| Date of birth | 2 August 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ruth McKay (born 2 August 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays Prop for New Zealand and Manawatu. She was a member of the 2010 Rugby World Cup winning squad. She also competed in the 2014 Rugby World Cup in France.
McKay attended Taihape College where she began playing rugby as a third-former. [1] She first played for Manawatu in 2003, she was still a seventh-former student at Whanganui Girls' College. [2]
McKay made her international debut for New Zealand on 16 October 2007 against Australia at Wanganui. [3] [4] She made her second appearance for the side in Porirua. [5] She faced the Wallaroos again a year later in the 2008 Laurie O'Reilly Cup at Canberra. [6] She played in both test matches. [7] [8]
In 2009, she was named in the Black Ferns side that toured England in November. [9]
McKay was a member of the 2010 Rugby World Cup winning squad. [1] [10] She started in their opening match of the World Cup against South Africa. [11] [12] She also competed against Australia, Wales and France. She started in the World Cup final against England where the Black Ferns claimed their fourth title. [13] [14]
In 2012, she was selected for the Black Ferns squad that toured England for a three-test series in November. She featured in every game which England eventually won to claim the series. [15] [16]
In 2013, she was in the Black Ferns squad that took on England again in their July tour of New Zealand. [17] The first test took place in Auckland which her side won despite some defensive dominance from England. [18] She started in the second test in which they clinched the series with a narrow margin at Hamilton. [19] [20] She came off the bench in the final game as her side secured the series 3–0 with an emphatic 29–8 win. [21]
She played in the Black Ferns side that competed in an international women's rugby series in Rotorua in June 2014. [22] The fixture included matches against Australia, Canada and Samoa. [22] She started in the final game of the series against Canada at Whakatāne. [23] [24]
McKay made the selection for her final World Cup appearance at the 2014 tournament in France. She started in the opening match against Kazakhstan. [25] She then featured in the pool game where Ireland stunned the Black Ferns with their first defeat in a World Cup since their 1991 semi-final loss to the United States. [26] [27] She played her last international game in her side's fifth place playoff against the Eagles. [28]
McKay is a shepherd in Hunterville, New Zealand. [1] [3]
Emma Jensen is a former rugby union player for New Zealand and Auckland. She was a member of three successful Rugby World Cup campaigns in 2002, 2006, and 2010. She also competed at the 2014 World Cup.
Joan Sione is a New Zealand rugby union player. She represented New Zealand and Auckland. She was a member of the Black Ferns Champion, 2010 Rugby World Cup squad.
Kendra Margaret Cocksedge is a retired New Zealand Rugby Union player and Cricketer. 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.
Anna Mary Richards is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She represented New Zealand and won four Rugby World Cups — 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010.
Shannon Willoughby is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She played for New Zealand internationally and at provincial level for Hawke's Bay. She previously captained Otago.
Selica Winiata is a New Zealand Rugby union player and referee. She plays for the Black Ferns, the Black Ferns Sevens and provincially for the Manawatu Cyclones. She was part of the Black Ferns 2014 and Champion 2017 Rugby World Cup squads. She won a silver medal with the Black Ferns Sevens team at the inaugural women's 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament and a gold medal at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Theresa Matauaina Setefano is a New Zealand rugby union player. She was a member of the Black Ferns champion 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup squads. She has also represented New Zealand in rugby sevens; she won gold medals at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She played for the Blues Women in the 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season.
Arneta Honey Hireme-Smiler is a former New Zealand rugby football player who has represented her country in rugby league, rugby sevens and rugby union. Due to her multi-sport career, Hireme-Smiler has been referred to as Honey Bill Williams, in reference to her New Zealand male counterpart Sonny Bill Williams.
Toka Natua is a New Zealand rugby footballer. She has represented New Zealand in rugby union and the Cook Islands in rugby league. She plays for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.
Chelsea Semple is a New Zealand rugby union player. She was part of the Black Ferns side that won their fifth Rugby World Cup title in 2017. She plays for the Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.
Hazel Tubic is a New Zealand–based rugby union player. She represents New Zealand internationally and was a member of their 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup champion sides. She plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.
Krystal Murray is a dual code international rugby player for New Zealand. She competed for the Kiwi Ferns at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup in Australia. She then made her test debut for the Black Ferns in 2021, she was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for Hurricanes Poua in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Northland provincially.
Phillipa Love is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Canterbury provincially.
Alana Bremner is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and for Canterbury provincially. She also represents New Zealand internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad.
Ayesha Leti-I'iga is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for Hurricanes Poua in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition, and for Wellington in the Farah Palmer Cup. She also represents New Zealand internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad.
Luka Connor is a New Zealand rugby union player. She was part of the Black Ferns 2021 Rugby World Cup squad that won their sixth title. She plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition; she also plays for the Bay of Plenty Volcanix in the Farah Palmer Cup and club rugby for Rangataua.
Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu is a New Zealand rugby union player. She was part of the Black Ferns team that won the 2021 Rugby World Cup. She also plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.
Katelyn Vaha'akolo is a New Zealand rugby league and union player. She played wing for the Kiwi Ferns at the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup and for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. She joined the Blues for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season.
Stacey Lene is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
Tala Mulipola is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
