Rachel Furness (born 19 June 1988) is a professional footballer who plays for Women's Championship club Newcastle United and the Northern Ireland national team.

[10] In December 2009, Furness scored one and made the other for Mel Reay, as Newcastle drew 2–2 at OOH Lincoln Ladies in the FA Women's Cup, only to miss her penalty in the shootout defeat.

[11] Furness spent the 2010 summer season in Iceland with Grindavik,[12] then rejoined Sunderland – making her second debut for the club in a 4–0 Premier League Cup win over Newcastle in October 2010.

[1] After helping Sunderland win the Premier League title, Furness joined FA WSL club Lincoln Ladies on loan.

[18] On 19 July 2024, she joined Newcastle United as their sixth summer signing [19] Chester-le-Street director of coaching Bill Godward alerted the Football Association to Furness' potential at an early stage.

[21] Following a two-year absence from the national team caused by injury, Furness returned in time for the 2011 World Cup Qualifying campaign.

[22] In November 2011 Furness scored in Northern Ireland's shock 3–1 Euro 2013 qualifying win over former World and Olympic champions Norway.

In November 2021, in back-to-back FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers against North Macedonia, Furness scored historic goals to equal, then break, the Northern Ireland goalscoring record.

[25] On 18 August 2022, Furness announced via social media that she was making herself unavailable for international selection for the foreseeable future for personal reasons, though she insisted she was not retiring altogether.