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Jed Rowlands is a New Zealand rugby union coach. He coached the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's national rugby team, [1] and was in 1999 the coach of the Auckland Blues Super Rugby professional side. [2]
He coached the Black Ferns in their third World Cup victory. [3]
The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern, which is an emblem for many New Zealand sports teams. The Silver Ferns were formed in 1938 as a representative New Zealand team to tour Australia. To date, they have been one of the most dominant national netball teams in the world, along with Australia, and have a winning record against most other netball nations. The Silver Ferns are current world champions and ranked second in the INF World Rankings, behind Australia.
The New Zealand national women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won five of the past six Women's Rugby World Cups.
The Australia women's national rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, has competed at all Women's Rugby World Cups since 1998, with their best result finishing in third place in 2010.
Gregory James Smith is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer, who played as a hooker.
Glenn Moore is a former rugby union player. He was the Black Ferns Head Coach from 2015 to 2022. He guided them to their fifth World Cup title in 2017 before stepping down in 2022. Moore played as a flanker for Mid Canterbury during the 1990s playing between 1991 and 1994.
Farah Rangikoepa Palmer is a lecturer in the Department of Management at Massey University and a former captain of New Zealand's women's rugby union team, the Black Ferns.
Kelly Brazier is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays flyhalf, centre or fullback in New Zealand, Canterbury and Canadian club Edmonton Clansmen RFC.
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.
Linda Itunu is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, New Zealand women's sevens and Auckland.
Aroha Savage is a rugby union player. She plays for New Zealand and Auckland. She was a member of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squad. She was in the squad for the 2013 International Series against England.
Brian Francis Evans is a New Zealand rugby union coach, and current head coach of the New Zealand women's national team. He coached the Black Fern's to success in 2010 when they won the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Kendra Margaret Cocksedge is a New Zealand rugby union player and cricketer. She plays for the New Zealand women's national rugby union side, the Black Ferns and for Canterbury provincially. She was a member of the 2010 and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squads. In 2018 she won the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year Award at the annual New Zealand Rugby awards.
Anna Mary Richards is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She represented New Zealand at four World Cups and is the most capped Black Fern. She was a member of the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Renee Wickliffe is a New Zealand female rugby union player. She represents New Zealand and Auckland. She was in the squad that won the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
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.
Darryl Bill Suasua is the current head coach of Counties Manukau in the Mitre 10 Cup, and a former coach of the New Zealand women's national rugby union team. He coached the Black Ferns for seven years in which they won both the 1998 and the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. They also won the 1996 and 2000 Canada Cup.
Portia Woodman is a New Zealand rugby union player. She currently plays fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, and is currently a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team and New Zealand Women's National Rugby Union team. Woodman was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team when they won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Selica Winiata is a New Zealand Rugby union player and referee. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and provincially for the Manawatu Cyclones.
Sean Horan is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens coach. He coached the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team. He was appointed as head coach in 2012. He previously coached the Bay of Plenty Steamers, in the ITM Cup, from 2009 till his rather shocking departure in 2011.
Shakira Baker is a New Zealand rugby union player. She represents New Zealand in both the fifteens and sevens. She made her debut for the Black Ferns in 2011 in a test match against England. She was named in the Black Ferns squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.
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