Anna Richards played for the Black Ferns for 20 years; however, it wasn’t until studying at the University of Canterbury that her rugby journey began.
After missing out on selection for the Canterbury netball team, Anna found herself in a pair of borrowed boots running around with the UC Women’s Rugby team and never looked back. She has since added four Women’s Rugby World Cup titles and multiple sevens championships to her name. Appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to women’s rugby in 2005, Anna was in the first group of six women to be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014.
