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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aroha Savage (born 11 March 1990) is a rugby union player. She plays for New Zealand and Auckland. She previously played for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She has competed for the Black Ferns at three Rugby World Cup's — 2010, 2014 and 2017.
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Rugby career
Provincial
Savage debuted for the Auckland Storm in 2007 as a 17-year-old.[1][2] She helped the Storm to several provincial titles, she then moved to Counties Manukau in 2013 and helped them win the 2016 Farah Palmer Cup title.[1] She later moved to Northland in 2020.
International
Savage was a member of the 2010 Rugby World Cup winning squad. On 24 August 2010, she made her test debut for the Black Ferns aged 20 against the Wallaroos at the Rugby World Cup.[1][2]
Savage was in the Black Ferns squad for the 2013 International Series against England.[3]
Savage was named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup in France.[4] She was also included in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[5][6]
On 3 November 2021, She was named as captain of the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition.[7][2][8] She started in the Blues 0–35 thrashing by the Chiefs Manawa in the final round.[9][10]
In 2022, She signed with Hurricanes Poua for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season.[1][11]
References
- ^ a b c d "Two-time World Cup Winner Aroha Savage Signs with the Hurricanes Poua". www.hurricanes.co.nz. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ a b c McFadden, Suzanne (3 March 2022). "Captain's twins the Blues' secret weapon". Newsroom. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ APNZ (NZ Herald) (20 July 2013). "Rugby: Black Ferns sweep series against England". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ Stuff.co.nz (2 July 2014). "Black Ferns name squad for 2014 World Cup". Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". Radio New Zealand. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Exciting nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki Squad Announced". Blues Rugby. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "MOTHER OF TWINS RETURNS TO LEAD nib BLUES". Blues Rugby. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Experienced pair return for key clash for nib Blues". superrugby.co.nz. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Burnes, Campbell (20 March 2022). "Chiefs Manawa crowned Sky Super Rugby Aupiki champs". superrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Movers and shakers of Super Rugby Aupiki". RNZ. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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This page was last edited on 22 December 2023, at 10:22