New Zealand women's national rugby union team (sevens)



The New Zealand women's national rugby union sevens team is New Zealand's representative team in rugby sevens for women. They are the reigning women'sRugby World Cup Sevens champions, having won the most recent edition in 2013,[2]  and also have been a "core team" that participates in all rounds of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series since that competition's inception in 2012–13.[3] [4]



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[hide]  *1 IRB Women's Sevens World Series  ==IRB Women's Sevens World Series[edit] == New Zealand won the first leg of the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series in Dubai by defeating South Africa 41 - 0 in the Cup final.[5]  In the second leg of the series, (Houston, U.S.), New Zealand finished fourth after losing to the eventual tournament-winners England 12-19 in the semi-final. [6]  They then came back for a strong finish to the season by winning the last two tournaments in China (Guangzhou) [7]  and the Netherlands (Amsterdam) [8]  to win the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series.[9] ==Honours[edit] == 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.
 * 2 Honours
 * 3 Current Squad
 * 4 2009 RWC Sevens
 * 4.1 Pool D
 * 4.2 Cup
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

==Current Squad[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Squad to 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]
 * 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
 * 2013 IRB Women's Sevens World Series Winners
 * 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners

==2009 RWC Sevens<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Pool D<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===Cup<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ===
 * Linda Itunu
 * Carla Hohepa
 * Hazel Tubic
 * Jordon Webber
 * Sarah Goss
 * Gayle Broughton
 * Tyla Nathan-Wong
 * Michaela Blyde
 * Huriana Manuel
 * Selica Winiata
 * Portia Woodman
 * Kayla McAlister