Kendra Cocksedge

Kendra Margaret 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. In 2018 she won the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year Award at the annual New Zealand Rugby awards.[3]

Kendra Cocksedge
Cocksedge in 2012
Birth nameKendra Margaret Cocksedge
Date of birth (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988
Place of birthNew Plymouth, New Zealand
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight64 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)
Medal record
Women's rugby union
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Rugby World Cup
2017 IrelandTeam competition

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.[4]

Cocksedge playing for Canterbury[5]

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.[6] 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[7] and went on to be named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad that won the tournament.[8][9] In 2019 she was part of the winning team of the Women's Super Rugby Series.[10]

In addition to Rugby union, Cocksedge has also 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.[4]

References
  1. "Kendra Cocksedge". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. 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. "Black Fern Kendra Cocksedge the first woman to win NZ Rugby's top player award". Stuff. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. "Kendra Cocksedge | allblacks.com". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  5. Canterbury vs Manawatu 12 October 2013 at Rugby Park, Christchurch NZ – Victor Paul on Flickr
  6. "Black Ferns name squad for 2014 World Cup". stuff.co.nz. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  7. "Kendra Cocksedge named 2015 Women's Player of the Year". ALLBLACKS.COM. 12 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  9. "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". Radio New Zealand. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  10. "Black Ferns skipper Les Elder returns for Super Series decider against England". Stuff.co.nz. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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