Michaela Blyde

Michaela Blyde
Date of birth (1995-12-29) 29 December 1995
Place of birth New Plymouth, New Zealand
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, utility back
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2013– New Zealand
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast Team competition

Michaela Blyde (born 29 December 1995) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.

Blyde debuted for New Zealand as a 17 year-old in the 2013 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship.[1]

She was the top try scorer of the 2016-17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and was named 2017 World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year.[2][3]

Personal Life

Blyde is in a relationship with Waikato Chiefs prop Aidan Ross.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Taranaki's Michaela Blyde in Sevens heaven". Stuff.co.nz. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Michaela Blyde reaches her goals and some". Stuff.co.nz. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand dominates World Rugby Awards". Radio New Zealand. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Black Ferns' Michaela Blyde in tears after partner Aidan Ross' season-ending injury". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
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