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The Black Ferns Sevens player once had dreams of becoming a Silver Fern.

This time it was 15-12 victory but a tougher battle for the Black Ferns Sevens, with Australia’s Evania Pelite scoring in the first minute. Demi Hayes ran from the halfway line for Australia’s second try a couple of minutes later. New Zealand barely got out of their half over the first seven minutes and they had the same problem at the start of the second period, even with Pelite in the sin-bin. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Stacey Fluhler starred for Black Ferns at Eden Park against Austral...

The Black Ferns Sevens team wont attend the two World Series tournaments in Paris next month. Black Ferns Sevens players Tenika Willison, Michaela Blyde and Stacey Fluhler (nee Waaka) show off their spoils after victory in Canada. Photo: Photosport The tournaments are the only World Series events before the Tokyo Olympics. That means the Black Ferns wont play the likes of England, France and the United States before the Games and it will affect their chances of defending their World Series tit...

Stuff is counting down the 50 most influential players in world rugby. Here are those ranked 50-41. OPINION: Who are the most influential rugby players in the world? It’s a question asked in the stands at Eden Park, in bars down Courtenay Place, in clubrooms in rural Canterbury, and in the comments section on Stuff. First we assembled a panel of nine – Stuff rugby writers Aaron Goile, Marc Hinton, Paul Cully, Richard Knowler, and Robert van Royen; former All Black Aaron Mauger, former A...

Canterbury’s Kendra Cocksedge makes a break during the Farah Palmer Cup semifinal against Auckland in Christchurch. Together, Portia Woodman and Kendra Cocksedge have racked up a plethora of amazing achievements in a sporting year ravaged by a global pandemic. They’ve picked up World Rugby’s sevens player of the decade, the women’s 15 try of the decade, been named in the team of the decade at World Rugby’s virtual awards night, set a new record of six tries in one Farah Palmer Cup ma...

Cameron Spencer/Getty Images All Blacks captain Sam Cane helped the team retain the Bledisloe Cup and win the Tri Nations title this year. All Blacks captain Sam Cane received the top honour at the NZ Rugby awards on Thursday night. Cane, who led the All Blacks to the defence of the Bledisloe Cup and the Tri Nations title in his first year as skipper, claimed the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial award during a made-for-TV special on Sky Sport. At the start of the year no-one dared predict openside f...

Rugby: All Blacks captain Sam Cane, Black Ferns Sevens dominate New Zealand Rugby Awards 17 Dec, 2020 07:30 AM 5 minutes to read Sam Cane and the Black Ferns Sevens were big winners in the 2020 NZ Rugby Awards. Video / Sky Sport Sam Cane and the Black Ferns Sevens were big winners in the 2020 NZ Rugby Awards. Video / Sky Sport NZ Herald Sam Cane has received double recognition at the New Zealand Rugby awards - while the Black Ferns Sevens domination on the world stage was recognised yet again i...