Amy Rule (born 15 July 2000) is a
New Zealand
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rugby union
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player. She plays for the
Black Ferns
The New Zealand women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's international rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won six out of nine Women's Rugby World Cup tourna ...
internationally and was a member of their
2021 Rugby World Cup
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champion squad. She also plays for
Matatū
Matatū is a New Zealand women's professional rugby union team that competes in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. Matatū represents the South Island, specifically the regions covered by the Crusaders and the Highlanders. They are governed ...
in the
Super Rugby Aupiki
Super Rugby Aupiki is a professional women's rugby union club competition in New Zealand. Its inaugural season was held in March 2022. It is a steppingstone between the Farah Palmer Cup and the Black Ferns. Aupiki translates as ‘''the ascent to ...
competition and represents Canterbury provincially.
Rugby career
Rule only took up rugby in her final year at Aparima College; although her school did not have a rugby team, she was allowed to play for Central Southland College or any team that needed another player. After High School, she moved to
Christchurch
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in 2019 for University. She played for
Canterbury
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...
in the
Farah Palmer Cup
The Farah Palmer Cup (formerly known as Women's Provincial Championship until 2016), is the highest level domestic women's rugby union competition in New Zealand and is named after the former Black Ferns captain, Farah Palmer. This contest is ...
.
2019–2020
In 2019, she was selected in the New Zealand Development XV's team that competed at the
Oceania Rugby Women's Championship
Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship is an international women's rugby union competition contested by women's national teams from Oceania. The current Champions is Fiji who claimed their third Oceania title at the Championship in New Zealand.
...
.
She played for the New Zealand Barbarians against the
Black Ferns
The New Zealand women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's international rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won six out of nine Women's Rugby World Cup tourna ...
in 2020.
2021
Rule was selected for the Black Ferns Autumn International Tour. She made her international debut for
New Zealand
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on their Northern Tour, against
England
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on 7 November at
Northampton
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. She signed with
Matatū
Matatū is a New Zealand women's professional rugby union team that competes in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. Matatū represents the South Island, specifically the regions covered by the Crusaders and the Highlanders. They are governed ...
for the inaugural
Super Rugby Aupiki
Super Rugby Aupiki is a professional women's rugby union club competition in New Zealand. Its inaugural season was held in March 2022. It is a steppingstone between the Farah Palmer Cup and the Black Ferns. Aupiki translates as ‘''the ascent to ...
.
2022
Rule was selected for the Black Ferns squad for the
2022 Pacific Four Series
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. She was recalled into the squad for a two-test series against the
Wallaroos
The Australia women's national rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, has competed at all Women's Rugby World Cups since 1998, with their best result finishing in third place in 2010.
Australian women have been playing rugby since the ...
for the
Laurie O'Reilly Cup in August. A month later she was selected for the Black Ferns
2021 Rugby World Cup
The 2021 Rugby World Cup was the ninth staging of the women's Rugby World Cup, as organised by World Rugby. It was held from 8 October to 12 November 2022 in Auckland and Whangārei, New Zealand. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, ...
32-player squad.
Rule scored a try against
Wales
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in the quarterfinals of the deferred World Cup. In the
World Cup final against
England
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, she scored a try from the back of a maul just before half-time.
References
External links
Black Ferns Profile
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2000 births
Living people
New Zealand women's international rugby union players
New Zealand female rugby union players
People from Lumsden, New Zealand