Claire Rowat Explained

Height:1.7 m
Weight:70 kg
Ru Position:Hooker
Ru Provinceyears1:2007–2012
Ru Province1:Wellington
Ru Provinceapps1:27
Ru Provincepoints1:35
Repyears1:2009
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Claire Rowat (born 4 January 1983) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She played for Wellington at a provincial level.

Career

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.

Rugby career

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] 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tapp . Deb . 2013-05-14 . Rugby star tackles rewarding role . 2024-06-11 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  2. Web site: Hanne . Ilona . 2024-06-11 . Pushing sports message . 2024-06-11 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  3. Web site: White . Steven . 2012-06-26 . Century up for Rowat for Old Boys University . 2024-06-11 . Club Rugby.
  4. Web site: 2009-10-06 . Black Ferns select squad for England tests . 2024-06-11 . www.world.rugby.
  5. News: 2009-11-21 . England Women beat world champs . live . 2024-06-11 . BBC Sport . en-GB.