Linda Itunu
NZ international rugby union player
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Linda Itunu (born 21 November 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, New Zealand women's sevens and Auckland.
| Born | 21 November 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Aldora Itunu (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Itunu attended Kelston Girls' College in Auckland.[1] She was a member of three successful Rugby World Cup campaigns in 2006, 2010 and 2017.[2][3][4] She was also part of the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Squad that won gold.[5][6] She had won silver at the previous Sevens World Cup in Dubai.
Itunu was named in the squad to the 2014 Rugby World Cup in France.[7] In 2015 she was included in the Black Ferns squad alongside her sister Aldora Itunu to play in the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada.[8]
After Retiring in 2018 from international rugby Itunu captained the Barbarians Women's team in 2019 for matches in Denver, Colorado against USA and England Rose in London, England.
