New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team

New Zealand Women's Sevens
Union	New Zealand Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Black Ferns Sevens
Coach(es)	Corey Sweeney
Captain(s)	Sarah Hirini
Team kit	Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	3 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions 2013, 2018
Official website
	www.allblacks.com/teams/black-ferns-sevens/

The New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team is the reigning women's Rugby World Cup Sevens champions, having won the most recent edition in 2018.^[1] The team has participated in all rounds of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series since the competition's inception in 2012–13.^[2]^[3] In 2018, the team won the Team of the Year award at the Halberg Awards.^[4]

Tournament history[]

World Cup Sevens record[]

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2009	Final		6	5	1	0
2013	Final		6	6	0	0
2018	Final		4	4	0	0
2022	Qualified
Total	2 Titles	4/4	16	15	1	0

Summer Olympics record[]

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Final		6	5	1	0
2021	Final		6	6	0	0
Total	1 Title	2/2	12	11	1	0

Commonwealth Games record[]

Commonwealth Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2018	Final		5	5	0	0
	Schedule to be confirmed
Total	1 Title	1/1	5	5	0	0

Oceania Women's Sevens results[]

Oceania Women's Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2008	Final		6	5	1	0
2012	Final		6	6	0	0
2013	Semi Finalist		6	4	2	0
2014	Final		7	7	0	0
2015	Did not attend
2016	Did not attend
2017	Final		5	5	0	0
2018	Final		5	4	1	0
2019	Semi Finalist		5	3	2	0
2020	No tournament
2021	Round-robin		6	6	0	0
Total	4 Titles	8/10	46	40	6	0

World Series record[]

2010s[]

Summary for Series I to VIII


	Challenge 11–12	I 12–13	II 13–14	III 14–15

Middle East	Dubai	st Dubai	nd Dubai	st Dubai

Oceania	–	–	–	–

Americas	–	–	nd São Paulo	st São Paulo
	–	4th Houston	st Atlanta	st Atlanta
	–	–	–	st Victoria

Asia	Hong Kong	st Guangzhou	st Guangzhou	–

Europe	London	–	–	rd London
Europe	–	st Amsterdam	st Amsterdam	5th Amsterdam

	0/3	4/4 74 pts st ^[5]	5/5 96 pts st ^[6]	6/6 108 pts st

Women's Sevens Series
IV 15–16		V 16–17	VI 17–18	VII 18–19	VIII 19–20

	5th Dubai	st Dubai	5th Dubai	st Dubai	st Dubai

	–	rd Sydney	nd Sydney	st Sydney	st Sydney

	rd São Paulo	–	–	–	–
	nd Atlanta	st Las Vegas	–	st Glendale	rd Glendale
	nd Victoria	st Victoria	st Victoria	st Victoria

	–	st Kitakyushu	st Kitakyushu	5th Kitakyushu

	–	–
	rd Clermont-Ferrand	st Clermont-Ferrand	st Paris	nd Biarritz

5/5 80 pts nd		6/6 116 pts st	5/5 90 pts nd	6/6 110 pts st	5/5 96 pts st

Players[]

Current squad[]

New Zealand's roster of 12 athletes was named on 2 July 2021. Additionally, Tenika Willison, , and Terina Te Tamaki were named as travellling reserve athletes.^[7]

Head coach: Allan Bunting

Michaela Blyde
Kelly Brazier
Gayle Broughton
Theresa Fitzpatrick
Stacey Fluhler
Sarah Hirini (c)
Shiray Kaka
Tyla Nathan-Wong
Risi Pouri-Lane
Alena Saili
Ruby Tui
Portia Woodman

Notable Players[]

Honours[]

Lineout for New Zealand playing Australia at the Dubai Women Sevens tournament in 2012

New Zealand did not have any official sevens team for women so they were unofficially represented by the "New Zealand Wild Ducks" and the "Aotearoa Maori New Zealand" teams during the years they were playing.

1997 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
1999 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2000 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2001 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2002 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2003 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2004 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2005 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2006 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2007 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Winners
2012 Oceania Women's Sevens Winners
2012-13 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Winners
2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners
2013-14 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Winners
2014 Oceania Women's Sevens Winners
2014-15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Winners
2016-17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Winners
2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Winners
2018 Rugby Sevens at the Commonwealth Games Gold Medalists
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners
2018-19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Winners
2019 Women's Fast Four Winners
2019-20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Winners
2021 Oceania Women's Sevens Winners
2021 2020 Summer Olympics Gold Medalists

References[]

^ "New Zealand are Women's RWC Sevens champions" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^ "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 4 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
^ "Schedule announced for 2013/14 Women's Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
^ "Black Ferns Sevens win Halberg Team of the Year". allblacks.com. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ "2013 IRB Women's Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ "2014 IRB Women's Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ "Tokyo Olympics: New Zealand sevens squads named as All Blacks winger Caleb Clarke only makes travelling reserves". The New Zealand Herald. 2 July 2021.

External links[]

Awards
Preceded by Team New Zealand	Halberg Awards – New Zealand Team of the Year 2018	Succeeded by Silver Ferns
Preceded by Lisa Carrington	Lonsdale Cup 2018	Succeeded by Silver Ferns

[1] "New Zealand are Women's RWC Sevens champions" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[2] "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 4 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

[3] "Schedule announced for 2013/14 Women's Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

[4] "Black Ferns Sevens win Halberg Team of the Year". allblacks.com. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[rw7-2013-5] "2013 IRB Women's Sevens Standings". Rugby7.

[rw7-2014-6] "2014 IRB Women's Sevens Standings". Rugby7.

[7] "Tokyo Olympics: New Zealand sevens squads named as All Blacks winger Caleb Clarke only makes travelling reserves". The New Zealand Herald. 2 July 2021.

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Seasons	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2021~~ 2021–22
2021–22 events	Dubai (2 events) Spain (2 events) Canada France
Former events	Australia China Brazil England Hong Kong Japan Netherlands New Zealand South Africa United States Women's IRB Challenge
Current stadiums	The Sevens Estadio Ciudad de Málaga Estadio de La Cartuja Westhills Stadium Stade Ernest-Wallon
Related articles	Sevens Challenger Series Olympic Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens

v t Women's national rugby sevens teams
WR Women's Sevens core teams	Australia Brazil Canada England Fiji France Ireland New Zealand Russia Spain United States
Teams with World Cup Sevens experience	China Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Papua New Guinea South Africa Thailand Tunisia Uganda
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Competitions	Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Women's Sevens Series IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup