Vicky Dombroski

Vicky Dombroski is a former coach of the New Zealand women's national [rugby union team]. She was also a selector and manager for the team.

Career

Dombroski played for Taranaki [Rugby Football Union|Taranaki] at provincial level.
In the late 1980s, the women's rugby movement was emerging but recognition and assistance from the New Zealand Rugby Football Union wasn't available. In frustration, Dombroski wrote a letter to the NZRFU in 1988 requesting permission to have a club competition in Taranaki. She received a letter from former New Zealand national [rugby union team|All Blacks] coach, John Stewart on behalf of the NZRFU stating that they were in favour of women taking an active role in the game.
She could have attended the 1991 [Women's Rugby World Cup], but could not raise the needed $5000.

Dombroski coached the Black Ferns from 1994 to 1995. Until Whitney Hansen's appointment in December 2025, she was the only woman to have coached the side.
She was as a selector for the Black Ferns from 1992 to 1997. She was manager of the team that won the 1998 Women's [Rugby World Cup] in the Netherlands in 1998, and served until 2000.