Maree Edwards | |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1975 |
Birth Place: | Wairoa, New Zealand |
Height: | 1.65 m |
Weight: | 72 kg |
Ru Position: | Halfback |
Ru Province1: | Canterbury |
Ru Provinceapps1: | 0 |
Ru Provincepoints1: | 0 |
Ru Provinceyears2: | 1993–2004 |
Ru Province2: | Otago |
Ru Provinceapps2: | 47 |
Ru Provincepoints2: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 1998–2003 |
Repcaps1: | 4 |
Reppoints1: | 5 |
Maree Edwards (born 8 February 1975) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She was a member of the squad that won their first Rugby World Cup title at the 1998 tournament in the Netherlands.
Edwards was part of the Black Ferns champion side that won the 1998 Rugby World Cup in Netherlands.[1] [2] She made her international debut at the tournament on 2 May against Germany.[3]
In 2003, she was named in the Black Ferns squad to play a two-test series against a World XVs side in October that year. She played provincial rugby for Canterbury and Otago; and club rugby for Alhambra-Union.[4]
In 2019 she received her Black Ferns cap in an official ceremony in Christchurch.[5]