Michaela Blyde


Michaela Blyde is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.
Blyde debuted for New Zealand as a 17-year-old in the 2013 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship.
She was the top try scorer of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and was named 2017 World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year.
In 2018, Blyde was named World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year for the second year running.

Personal life

Blyde is in a relationship with Waikato Chiefs prop Aidan Ross. Her younger brother, Liam Blyde also plays rugby as a developmental trialist for the men's Sevens team.

Achievements and honours