Kendra Cocksedge

Kendra Cocksedge
Cocksedge in 2021
Birth nameKendra Margaret Cocksedge
Date of birth (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthNew Plymouth, New Zealand
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–2022 Canterbury 100 (1085)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–2022 New Zealand 68 (404)
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–2007/08Central Districts
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 38 5
Runs scored 287 24
Batting average 13.66 12.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 66 16
Balls bowled 336 60
Wickets 8 1
Bowling average 31.12 88.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/32 1/23
Catches/stumpings 15/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 September 2022
Medal record
Women's rugby union
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Rugby World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2021 New Zealand Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ireland Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2010 England Team competition

Kendra Margaret Cocksedge MNZM (born 1 July 1988) is a retired New Zealand Rugby Union player and Cricketer.[1][2] She played for the New Zealand Women's national rugby union side, the Black Ferns and for the Canterbury provincial side. She was a member of the 2010, 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup winning squads. In 2018 she won the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year Award at the annual New Zealand Rugby awards.[3]

  1. ^ "Kendra Cocksedge". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Staff Profile – Kendra Cocksedge". sportcanterbury.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Black Fern Kendra Cocksedge the first woman to win NZ Rugby's top player award". Stuff. Retrieved 14 December 2018.