Cristina Blanco

Cristina Blanco Herrera (born 30 September 1995) is a Spanish rugby union player. She represents internationally, and plays for Trailfinders in the Premiership Women's Rugby competition. She competed for in the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Early career Blanco only started playing rugby in university when a friend asked her if she wanted to try the sport out, which led to her playing for the University sevens team for a few years before joining Olímpico RC, her first rugby club. She was still playing basketball at the time.

Blanco was part of the team that attempted to qualify for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, but were unsuccessful. She then joined Trailfinders ahead of the 2023–24 Premiership Women's Rugby season, she won the Players’ Player of the Year award at the end of the season.

She competed in the 2024 WXV 3 tournament where Spain were crowned WXV 3 champions and had also earned a spot in the 2025 Rugby World Cup. She was eventually selected in Spain's squad for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.