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She is married to [[Hans de Goede]] and her daughter is [[Sophie de Goede]], both have represented [[Rugby Canada|Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/canadian-women-open-four-game-rugby-tour-against-second-ranked-england |title=Canadian women open four-game rugby tour against second-ranked England |date=2018-11 |
She is married to [[Hans de Goede]] and her daughter is [[Sophie de Goede]], both have represented [[Rugby Canada|Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/canadian-women-open-four-game-rugby-tour-against-second-ranked-england |title=Canadian women open four-game rugby tour against second-ranked England |date=2018-11-16 |access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref> |
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Stephanie White was the first captain of the Canada women's national rugby union team in 1987, co-captained the national team at the first Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991, captained the team at the second World Cup, and also captained the first participating Canada women's national rugby sevens team in the Hong Kong Sevens invitational tournament in 1997.[1]
Rugby Career
Between 1987 and 1997, she earned a total of 17 caps for the national team. She also served her community by building women's rugby in Canada alongside being a director of the Alberta Women's Rugby Union and a director of Women's Rugby on the Board of Directors for Alberta Rugby Football Union in the late 1980s. She also sat on the British Columbia Rugby Union Board of Directors, bringing the West Coast Women's Rugby Association into the BCRU in the early 2000s. As well, White was the Women's Players representative at the Rugby Canada Strategic Planning session in 1996 and served on the Rugby Canada Board of Directors from 2007-2013. White was also the Chair of the Monty Heald Fund which aimed to eliminate Pay to play for the senior women's team.
Honours
She is recognized in the player category as a 2018 inductee of the Rugby Canada Hall of Fame alongside Ruth Hellerud-Brown (builder) and Maria Gallo (player). In 2017, she was given an Honorary Life Member award at the 2017 Rugby Canada Hall of Fame.[2]
Personal
She is married to Hans de Goede and her daughter is Sophie de Goede, both have represented Canada.[3]
References
- ^ "News Detail". BC Rugby. 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Seven inducted into Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Canadian women open four-game rugby tour against second-ranked England". 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
External links
- Hall of Fame Citation
- Pioneer of the Pitch: Former Women's Rugby captain Stephanie White reflects on a special 30 year anniversary
- Twitter page
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