{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox rugby biography | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|9|23}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | height = | weight = | position = Scrumhalf | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | repyears1 = 2001–2010 | repteam1 = {{nowrap|{{ruw|Australia}}}} | repcaps1 = 21 | reppoints1 = 0 | repsevensyears1 = | repsevensteam1 = {{ruw7|Australia}} | repsevenscomp1 = | birth_name = Cheryl Soon }}
'''Cheryl McAfee''' (''née'' '''Soon'''; born 23 September 1975) is a former Australian rugby union player. She competed at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cups. She also represented Australia in rugby sevens.
== Career == McAfee represented Australia in both fifteens and sevens. She was a member of the Wallaroos squads to the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cups. She was also a member of the 2010 Rugby World Cup squad that finished in third place.
McAfee captained the Australian sevens team to the inaugural women's 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, they eventually won the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rucksandrolls.com/wallaroos/ |title=Australian Women's Team For Sevens RWC Named |author=(AAP) rucksandrolls.com |date=7 February 2009 |accessdate=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419190810/http://www.rucksandrolls.com/wallaroos/ |archive-date=19 April 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rwcwomens.com/news/newsid=2035501.html |title=Cheryl Soon: It isn't a job, it's a passion |author=Cheryl Soon (IRB.com) |date=29 January 2010 |accessdate=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062141/http://www.rwcwomens.com/news/newsid%3D2035501.html |archivedate=12 August 2014 }}</ref> She joined the IRB's Rugby Committee in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scrumqueens.com/news/soon-joins-irb-committee |title=Soon joins IRB Committee |author=Scrum Queens |date=July 2012 |accessdate=14 July 2014}}</ref>
In 2021, World Rugby inducted McAfee into its World Rugby Hall of Fame, alongside Osea Kolinisau, Humphrey Kayange, Huriana Manuel, Will Carling and Jim Telfer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=Six legends to be inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame|url=https://www.world.rugby/news/668456?lang=en|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-27|website=World Rugby|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027080219/https://www.world.rugby/news/668456?lang=en |archive-date=27 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Williamson|first=Nathan|date=2021-10-27|title=Wallaroos and Sevens legend Cheryl McAfee inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame {{!}} Latest Rugby News|url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/wallaroos-and-sevens-legend-cheryl-mcafee-inducted-into-world-rugby-hall-of-fame-20211027|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-27|website=RUGBY.com.au|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027083125/https://www.rugby.com.au/news/wallaroos-and-sevens-legend-cheryl-mcafee-inducted-into-world-rugby-hall-of-fame-20211027 |archive-date=27 October 2021 }}</ref>
She was inducted into the NSW Waratahs inaugural Hall of Fame in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-18 |title=NSW Waratahs name their inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://waratahs.rugby/news/nsw-waratahs-name-their-inaugural-hall-of-fame-inductees-2024617 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-18 |website=waratahs.rugby |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
{{Australian 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Squad}} {{Australian 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup Squad}} {{Australian 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup Squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McAfee, Cheryl}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Australia women's international rugby union players Category:Australian female rugby union players Category:Australian female rugby sevens players Category:Rugby union scrum-halves Category:20th-century Australian women Category:21st-century Australian women Category:Rugby union players from Auckland Category:World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees