Birth Place: | Rotorua, New Zealand |
Height: | 1.64 m |
Weight: | 68 kg |
Ru Position: | Centre |
Ru Province1: | Canterbury |
Ru Provincepoints1: | 0 |
Ru Provinceyears2: | ?–2000 |
Ru Province2: | Waikato |
Ru Provincepoints2: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 1994–1997 |
Repcaps1: | 8 |
Reppoints1: | 15 |
Lenadeen Simpson-Brown (born 22 November 1964) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
Simpson captained the Black Ferns from 1994 to 1996.[1] She made her first Black Ferns appearance as captain on 29 August 1994 against a New South Wales side at Richmond.[2] She led the side in her test debut against Australia on 2 September 1994 at Sydney.[3]
She last captained the Black Ferns when they trounced France 109–0 at Edmonton; it was the final of the 1996 Canada Cup.[4] [5] Her final appearance for the side was on 16 August in Dunedin, it was against the Wallaroos for the 1997 Laurie O'Reilly Cup.[6]
Fellow Black Fern, Lesley Brett, was married to her brother, former All Black, Victor Simpson. She attended Gisborne Girls' High School.[7]