Claire Rowat
| Date of birth | 4 January 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Claire Rowat (born 4 January 1983) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She played for Wellington at a provincial level.
Career
[edit]Rowat grew up in Stratford and has always enjoyed sports, she started out playing netball and swimming before trying different sports including rhythmic gymnastics and basketball at New Plymouth Girls' High School; she only started playing rugby at the age of 15.[1][2]
She taught at Houghton Valley School in Wellington.[1]
Rugby career
[edit]Rowat played provincially for Wellington.
Rowat was named in the Black Ferns squad that toured England in 2009.[3][4] She was named on the bench in both tests against England, but did not get to run onto the field.[5][3] She made her only appearance for the Black Ferns in a non-international match against an England A side on 14 November 2009 at Esher.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tapp, Deb (14 May 2013). "Rugby star tackles rewarding role". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Hanne, Ilona (11 June 2024). "Pushing sports message". NZ Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ a b White, Steven (26 June 2012). "Century up for Rowat for Old Boys University". Club Rugby. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Black Ferns select squad for England tests". www.world.rugby. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "England Women beat world champs". BBC Sport. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2024.