Victoria Heighway

Victoria Heighway
Date of birth (1980-11-28) 28 November 1980
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–2009 Auckland 19 (5)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2000–2010 New Zealand 32 (10)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
2002 SpainTeam competition
2006 CanadaTeam competition
2010 EnglandTeam competition

Victoria Heighway (born 28 November 1980) is a New Zealand female rugby union player. She played Lock for New Zealand internationally and represented Auckland at the provincial level.

Heighway made her Black Ferns test debut, aged 19, on 23 September 2000 against Canada at Winnipeg.

Heighway was a member of the champion 2002, 2006, and 2010 Rugby World Cup sides. She captained the Black Ferns in their tour of England in 2009. She was named New Zealand Women’s Player of the Year twice, in 2007 and 2009.