Wayne Smith has published the names of 33 players to form the Black Ferns squad to face Australia home and away in the O’Reilly Cup (two tests) – see list below. There are several points of interest. Smith stresses that he and his staff are still looking for talent to add to the squad. This
Ruahei Demant to lead the team alongside co-Captain Kennedy Simon Theresa Fitzpatrick and debutant Tyla Nathan-Wong to join squad fresh from Commonwealth Games. 19-Test Black Fern Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali and 2019 Black Fern Player of the Year Charmaine McMenamin return to the squad. As the Black Ferns continue to build to the Rugby World Cup 2021,
The best of women’s talent will get the chance to impress Black Ferns coaches this Friday with the Black Ferns Trial being played at Navigation Homes Stadium in Pukekohe (kick off 7.05pm). The trial brings together 46 of the country’s leading players to face off with an eye to cementing their spot in the Rugby
Fresh from victory in the Pacific Four Series, Black Ferns coaches and players now turn their attention to a trial match, to be played in Pukukohe next week. The match will feature the majority of the squad that took part in the Pacific Four Series, with an additional 18 of the country’s leading players. Dubbed
The world’s leading sevens teams descend on Pukukohe this weekend for the Oceania Sevens in their last international tournament before July’s Commonwealth Games. For All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens players it will be a chance to test themselves against the best opposition from Fiji, Australia and Tonga, just days before the Commonwealth Games
Kendra Cocksedge to become most capped Black Fern of all time Ruahei Demant to captain team for first time Seven players in line for Black Ferns debut The Black Ferns team to play Australia at Tauranga Domain in their first Pacific Four Test this Queen’s Birthday Monday has been named (kick off 2.45pm). 1. Krystal
A New Black Ferns Squad The new Black Ferns management has announced its choice of 31 players to form the squad for the Pacific-Four Series (listed below). Its importance can hardly be exaggerated, pointing the way to the likely World Cup squad. Inevitably it reveals much about the state of women’s rugby in Aotearoa. The
Months out from Rugby World Cup 2021 playing in 2022, New Zealand rugby fans get their first taste of Black Ferns action with the Pacific Four Series squad named today. Black Ferns coaches Wayne Smith, Wesley Clarke and Whitney Hansen have named 31 players in the squad set to host Australia, Canada and USA next
Some Consequences Allan Bunting, the man many pundits saw as the likeliest candidate for the top job with the Black Ferns, has been added to the management team. He becomes Manager of Culture and Leadership, to join Wayne Smith, Director. This completely new and slightly strange sounding role covers two areas seen as in urgent
New Zealand Rugby has today announced that former Black Ferns Sevens Coach Allan Bunting will join the Black Ferns in a newly created role, Manager of Culture and Leadership. The new role has been introduced after the external Black Ferns review which highlighted the need to strengthen the team environment with specific focus on culture
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