Rachel Wikeepa
Rachel Wikeepa is a former New Zealand rugby sevens player. She represented New Zealand at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.[1][2]
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Biography
Wikeepa is a former New Zealand Touch and Māori Women's Rugby League player. She has represented her regions and New Zealand in several sports; netball, athletics, rugby, rugby league, rugby sevens and touch.[3]
In 2001, Wikeepa was named in the Black Ferns sevens Development Squad for the International Women's Sevens Tournament at Upper Hutt.[4] She was named in a 22-women trial squad for the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009.[5]
Wikeepa took part in a charity boxing event that was held at the G2 Bar and Events Centre in Tauranga in 2013.[3]
References
- "Injury forces change to NZ Sevens squad". Stuff. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- "Rugby: NZ women's World Cup sevens squad named". NZ Herald. 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- Tiananga, Tamati (2013-09-25). "Will Wikeepa go pro in boxing?". Māori Television. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- "Rugby - Sport News". NZ Herald. 2001-02-02. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- "Trial squad announced for NZ women's sevens team". RNZ. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
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