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
Pacific Four Series schedule confirmed with three Black Ferns Tests against Australia, Canada and USA All Blacks to play three Steinlager Series Tests against Ireland in Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington The Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship schedule includes two Tests against Argentina in Christchurch and Hamilton Tran-Tasman rivalries kick off with the All Blacks Bledisloe Cup Test
As soon as Wayne Smith was added to the Black Ferns coaching team on 4 April, we had to wonder if more lay behind this appointment than met the eye. Indeed it did. He is now the man in charge. His task is as heavy as Glenn Moore’s was once the 2021 Northern Tour started
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today announced the new coaching structure for the Black Ferns, taking the team through to Rugby World Cup 2021, played in 2022. Former All Blacks Coach Wayne Smith, who joined the Black Ferns as Technical Coach earlier this month, moves into the role of Director of Rugby. He will be
A Health Check for England, France and New Zealand Despite all the big advances in women’s rugby in 2022 there are still very few places at the top table. Here’s a look at the three leading nations to see how they compare and contrast: England, France and New Zealand. That is their alphabetical order, and
One of the most incomprehensible aspects of Glenn Moore’s resignation is the pattern of events between 26 August 2017, the final of the last World Cup, and the end of the Black Ferns’ ill-fated Northern tour last autumn. Reporting on that final I commented: ‘[at half-time] Glenn Moore put on his thinking-cap and won the
Now that a few hours have passed, we get a better idea of how New Zealand has reacted both to the Review and in particular to the stance taken by New Zealand Rugby (NZR). Three people spoke at the media briefing, Phillipa Muir (Chair), Tammi Wilson Uluinayau (Director of NZ Rugby Players Association) and Mark
New Zealand Rugby accepts Black Ferns Cultural and Environmental review findings • NZR to develop plan to implement recommendations in partnership with key stakeholders • CEO thanks Panel and all those who contributed • Changes following 2021 campaign already implemented New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today shared the findings and recommendations from the Black Ferns
One of New Zealand’s most successful coaches, Wayne Smith, has signed on as Technical Coach with the Black Ferns through to Rugby World Cup 2021, played in 2022. Smith is no stranger to World Cup success, as part of the All Blacks coaching set up for the back-to-back Rugby World Cup wins in 2011 and
Ten days after it started New Zealand’s Super Rugby Aupiki was over. Officials and planners are now assessing what it achieved and what remains to be done. For many the answer to the second question is: an awful lot. The tournament had been dreamed up long before the Black Ferns’ fateful 2021 tour of Europe
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