Stacey Waaka

Stacey Waaka
Waaka (middle) with Kendra Cocksedge and Eloise Blackwell at the 2017 World Cup.
Date of birth (1995-11-03) 3 November 1995
Height 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015-Present  New Zealand 10 ()
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2016-Present  New Zealand
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastTeam competition

Stacey Waaka (born 3 November 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player.

She debuted for the Black Ferns in 2015, the same year her brother Beaudein Waaka made his Rugby sevens debut for New Zealand.[1][2] Waaka won the Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award that year.[3]

In 2016, she was also named in the development squad for the women's sevens and made her international debut in that form of the game.[4][5]

She was a member of the victorious 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[6] That year she graduated from the University of Waikato in the Bachelor of Sport and Leisure Studies with a major in Sport Management.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Two black jerseys for Waaka siblings". Māori Television. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Strang, Ben (23 June 2015). "Stacey Waaka excited for Black Ferns debut". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Koti, Tepara; Day, Wikitōria (28 November 2015). "Stacey Waaka wins Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award". Māori Television. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Waaka selected for NZ Women's Development Sevens squad". Māori Television. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Waikato duo to debut in New Zealand women's sevens side in Atlanta". Waikato Times. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Stacey Waaka - Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar". www.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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