Linda Itunu

Linda Itunu
Date of birth (1984-11-21) November 21, 1984
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003-present New Zealand 26 (10)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps

Linda Itunu (born November 21, 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, New Zealand women's sevens and Auckland.

Itunu attended Kelston Girls' College in Auckland.[1] She was a member of two successful Rugby World Cup campaigns in 2006[2] and 2010. She was also part of the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Squad that won.[3]

Itunu was named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup in France.[4] In 2015 She was included in the Black Ferns squad alongside her sister Aldora Itunu to play in the 2015 Women’s Rugby Super Series in Canada.[5] She was named in the squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby off to a flying start". www.kelstongirls.school.nz. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  2. ↑ allblacks.com (17 September 2006). "Rowlands rings in two changes for final". Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. ↑ IRB (June 2013). "New Zealand Women's Sevens Squad". Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. ↑ stuff.co.nz (2 July 2014). "Black Ferns name squad for 2014 World Cup". Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Black Ferns squad to tour Canada named". ALLBLACKS.COM. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  7. ↑ "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". Radio New Zealand. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-08-13.


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