Alana Bremner

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Alana Bremner
Alana Bremner (cropped).jpg
Bremner in 2022
Date of birth (1997-02-10) 10 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Christchurch
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Notable relative(s) Chelsea Bremner (sister)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–Present Canterbury 50 (75)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022 Matatū (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021–Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5 (10)
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 New Zealand Team competition

Alana Bremner (born 10 February 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and for Canterbury provincially. She also represents New Zealand internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad.

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Rugby career

2020

Bremner had a breakthrough season in 2020, she led her side to their fourth consecutive Farah Palmer Cup title and was the leading try scorer for the season with eight tries. [1]

Bremner was the first woman to play 50 matches for Lincoln University, and earned 50 caps for Canterbury. [1] [2] She played three matches for the New Zealand Development side at the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in Fiji. [3] In 2020, she captained the New Zealand Barbarians in the two-match series against the Black Ferns. [4] [5] Her older sister, Chelsea, made her Black Ferns debut in the first match. [6]

2021–22

Bremner was named in the Black Ferns squad for the European tour of England and France in 2021. [7] [8] [9] She made her international debut against England on 31 October 2021 at Exeter, it was the Black Ferns 100th test match. She also scored her first Test try in the match. [10] [11] [12] She also played in the second test match against France.

At the end of 2021, Bremner was selected for Matatū for the inaugural 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season. [13] [14]

Bremner and her sister, Chelsea, were named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series. [15] She scored a try in the first match against the Wallaroos. [16] She was recalled into the team for the August two-test series against the Wallaroos for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup. [17] [18]

Bremner was selected for the Black Ferns 2021 Rugby World Cup 32-player squad. [19] [20] She scored a try against Wales in the quarterfinals. [21] [22] She was a part of the Black Ferns team that were crowned champions for the sixth time. [23] [24]

2023

Bremner re-signed with Matatū for the 2023 season. [25] She was part of Matatū's team that won their first Super Rugby Aupiki title after defeating Chiefs Manawa in the final. [26] [27] On 17 April, she was one of 34 players who received Black Ferns contracts. [28] [29]

In July, she was in the starting line up in her sides 21–52 victory over Canada at the Pacific Four Series in Ottawa. [30] [31]

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