Kristy Giteau
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| Born | 16 March 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Kristy Giteau (born 16 March 1981) is a former Australian rugby union player. She competed for Australia at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Giteau previously played for the Australian women's national rugby league team.[1] She also toured with the Australian schoolgirls basketball team to China and the United States.[2][3]
Rugby union career
Giteau made her international debut for Australia against Samoa on 8 August 2009 in Apia.[2][4] The Wallaroos scored 87 unanswered points over the hosts in their Oceania qualifier for the 2010 World Cup in England.[2][4]
She was a member of the Wallaroos squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place.[5] She scored two tries in the tournament.[5]
In 2016, she switched to playing Touch rugby.[6] She was appointed as co-president of Rugby Australia in 2024.[7]