Kendra Cocksedge

Kendra Cocksedge
in 2012
Birth name Kendra Margaret Cocksedge
Date of birth (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988
Place of birth New Plymouth, New Zealand
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–present Canterbury 54 (504)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–present New Zealand 29 (44)

Kendra Cocksedge (born 1 July 1988) is a rugby union and cricket representative.[1][2] She plays for the New Zealand women's national rugby union side, the Black Ferns and for Canterbury provincially. She was a member of the 2010 and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squads.

Life

Cocksedge was originally from Taranaki, she played rugby from a young age and made the Taranaki and Hurricanes Secondary School teams. In 2007, at the age of 19, she made her debut for Canterbury after moving there to study at Lincoln University.[3]

Cocksedge playing for Canterbury[4]

In 2014 Cocksedge started in all nine matches for the Canterbury Women's Provincial Team, performing strongly and scoring 101 points. Following this Cocksedge made her Test debut for New Zealand and was named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[5] In 2015, she was top point scorer with 26 points at the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series. She was named New Zealand's Women's Player of the Year at the end of 2015.[6]

Cocksedge has represented New Zealand in the sport of Rugby Sevens and was a member of the winning team of the Women's Sevens World Series in 2013.[3] She was named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad that won the tournament.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kendra Cocksedge". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Staff Profile – Kendra Cocksedge". sportcanterbury.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Kendra Cocksedge | allblacks.com". All Blacks. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Canterbury vs Manawatu 12 October 2013 at Rugby Park, Christchurch NZ – Victor Paul on Flickr
  5. ↑ "Black Ferns name squad for 2014 World Cup". stuff.co.nz. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kendra Cocksedge named 2015 Women's Player of the Year". ALLBLACKS.COM. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". Radio New Zealand. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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