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Happy Birthday!

Some rugby websites are quick to register players’ birthdays, often with a clip of a great deed by the candle-blower.  What could be more pleasant? It’s Maud Muir’s birthday.  Congratulations! By a strange quirk it is also Portia Woodman-Wickliffe’s birthday, her 34th, and she was able to celebrate with a hat-trick of tries against the

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Source: New Zealand Rugby

Portia Woodman-Wickliffe steps out of retirement

Black Ferns legend Portia Woodman-Wickliffe has today announced she will step out of international retirement with her sights set on a third Rugby World Cup campaign. Woodman-Wickliffe has signed an eight-month contract with New Zealand Rugby and is set to join the Black Ferns in their first assembly this weekend. A global star of the

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