Keven Filipo Mealamu is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played at hooker for the Blues in Super Rugby, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team. He was part of the Blues team that won the 2003 Super 12 title, the third for the franchise. He was a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams, becoming one of only 21 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions.
Gregory James Smith is a former professional rugby union footballer, who played as a hooker.
Sheryl Scanlan, originally known as Sheryl Clarke, is a former netball international who has played for Samoa and New Zealand. She captained Samoa at the 1999 World Netball Championships. She was subsequently a member of the New Zealand teams that were gold medallists at the 2003 World Netball Championships and silver medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2007 World Netball Championships. During the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era, she played for Northern Force. During the ANZ Championship era, she played for Northern Mystics and Southern Steel. In 2022, she was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.
Helen Va'aga is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She competed for New Zealand at the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cups.
Jed Rowlands is a New Zealand rugby union coach. He coached the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's national rugby team from 2003 to 2006.
Kelly Brazier is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens player. She has played flyhalf, centre and fullback for the Black Ferns, New Zealand's women's national rugby team, and has competed at three Rugby World Cups in 2010, 2014, and 2017. She has represented Otago, Canterbury and the Bay of Plenty in the Farah Palmer Cup.
The New Zealand women's national rugby league team, also known as the Kiwi Ferns or New Zealand Kiwi Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's rugby league. They are administered by the New Zealand Rugby League.
Fiao'o Fa'amausili is a former New Zealand female rugby union player. She played for New Zealand and Auckland. She made her Black Ferns debut on 18 May, 2002 against Australia at Barcelona. She was a member of the winning Black Ferns squad for the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She has been to five World Cups beginning from 2002–2017.
Anna Mary Richards is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She represented New Zealand and won four Rugby World Cups — 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010.
Davida White is a former female rugby union player. She represented New Zealand and Auckland. She was a member of the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squad. White captained Auckland to victory in the 2000 National Provincial Championship.
Hannah Porter is a former female rugby union player. She represented New Zealand in fifteens and sevens rugby, and played for Auckland and Otago provincially. She was in the squad that won the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cups.
Rachel Makata is a former female rugby union player. She played for New Zealand internationally and for Auckland. She was in the squad that won the 2006 Rugby World Cup in Canada. Makata also represented Auckland's under 21 netball team.
Sarah Hirini is a New Zealand women's rugby union player. She has played fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, as a member of the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team and New Zealand women's national rugby union team. Hirini was captain of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and back-to-back gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. During her time with the team they won the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2022–23 as well as the Sevens league title for the 2023-24 season. She was a member of the fifteen-a-side 2017 and 2021 Black Ferns Rugby World Cup winning squads.
Tammi Wilson Uluinayau is a New Zealand former rugby union player. She represented the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, the Black Ferns, at the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Theresa Matauaina Setefano is a New Zealand rugby union player. She was a member of the Black Ferns champion 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup squads. She has also represented New Zealand in rugby sevens; she won gold medals at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She played for the Blues Women in the 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season.
Tyla King is a New Zealand international rugby union player, professional rugby league player and Olympian.
Vania Wolfgramm is a New Zealand-born Samoan. As a former member of the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, she is now a Women's Rugby Development Manager for New Zealand Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in the country, and a television commentator.
Rebecca Liua'ana is a former rugby union player. She made her debut for New Zealand against Canada on 16 October 1999 at Palmerston North. She competed at the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. Luia'ana was impressive in her teams trouncing of Australia in their quarter-final match. She scored a try in their semifinal victory over France.
Liz Patu is an Australian rugby union player. She appeared in three Rugby World Cups for Australia, in 2014, 2017 and at the delayed 2021 tournament. She played Prop for the Queensland Reds in the Super W competition.
Charlotte Scanlan is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Her positions are prop, lock and second-row. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.
