Birth Date: | 28 November 1980 |
Ru Position: | Lock |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1997–2009 |
Ru Province1: | Auckland |
Ru Provinceapps1: | 19 |
Ru Provincepoints1: | 5 |
Repyears1: | 2000–2010 |
Repcaps1: | 32 |
Reppoints1: | 10 |
Victoria Heighway (born 28 November 1980) is a New Zealand female rugby union player. She played Lock for internationally and represented Auckland at the provincial level.
Heighway made her Black Ferns test debut, aged 19, on 23 September 2000 against Canada at Winnipeg.[1]
Heighway was a member of the champion 2002, 2006, and 2010 Rugby World Cup sides.[2] [3] She captained the Black Ferns in their tour of England in 2009.[4] She was named New Zealand Women’s Player of the Year twice, in 2007 and 2009.[5]