Stephanie Te Ohaere-Fox

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Stephanie Te Ohaere-Fox
Stephanie Te Ohaere Fox.jpg
Te Ohaere-Fox playing for Nomads against England A in 2011
Date of birth (1985-04-06) 6 April 1985 (age 39)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2021 Canterbury 105 (95)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022 Matatū (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008–2014 New Zealand 24 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 England Team competition

Stephanie Te Ohaere-Fox (born 6 April 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She competed for New Zealand at the 2010 and 2014 Rugby World Cup's. She played for Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and provincially for Canterbury.

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Rugby career

2004–08

Te Ohaere-Fox debuted for Canterbury in 2004. [1] [2] Four years later she made her test debut against the Wallaroos on 14 October 2008 at Canberra.

2010–14

Te Ohaere-Fox was a member of the Black Ferns champion 2010 Rugby World Cup squad. [3] [4] After the World Cup she stayed back in England and played for the Wasps in the Women's Premiership from 2010 to 2011. [4] [5] In 2011, she was called back into the Black Ferns squad as injury cover on their English tour. [4]

Te Ohaere-Fox was selected in the Black Ferns squad for the 2014 Rugby World Cup in France. [6]

2021

Te Ohaere-Fox returned to Canterbury for the 2021 Farah Palmer Cup season after giving birth to her second child in 2020. [7] She played her 100th game for Canterbury in 2021, becoming the first woman in the unions history to reach 100 Farah Palmer Cup matches. [1] [2]

Te Ohaere-Fox was one of the first of five players to be contracted to the newly formed Matatū rugby team to compete in the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki season. [8] [9]

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