Black Ferns

Rugby team
country =New Zealand


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union = New Zealand Rugby Union
nickname = Black Ferns
captain = flagicon|New Zealand Melissa Ruscoe
coach = flagicon|New Zealand Jed Rowlands
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The Black Ferns is New Zealand's national women's rugby union team. The name comes from the use of the colour black and the silver fern as New Zealand sporting symbols. For example, the All Blacks is New Zealand's famous men's rugby team, The Black Caps are the men's cricket team and the White Ferns are the women's cricket team, while the Silver Ferns is the national women's netball team.

The Black Ferns are the current Women's Rugby World Cup champions. They have won three consecutive World Cups, winning the first International Rugby Board (IRB)-sponsored Cup in 1998, the 2002 World Cup in Barcelona, and the 2006 World Cup in Edmonton, Canada, defeating England 25-17 on September 17. The Black Ferns have participated in most WRWC events since its inauguration in 1991, only missing the 1994 championship in Scotland. They also won the Canada Cup in 1996, 2000, and 2005.

Farah Palmer, who had been captain since 1997, lost her captaincy in 2005 due to a shoulder injury. She was honoured as International Women's (Rugby) Personality of the Year at the IRB Awards in 2005.

In October 2005, when the England women's rugby team again toured New Zealand, Rochelle Martin, then vice-captain, led the Black Ferns in the first test match against England. In that match she got injured. Veteran flyhalf Anna Richards was named captain in the second match against England. The Black Ferns won the two-match Test series, 2-0.

For the 5th Women's Rugby World Cup in Canada, Farah Palmer fought her way back into the Black Ferns team. After again leading the team to World Cup victory, Palmer announced her retirement from the Black Ferns in September 2006 [ [http://www.allblacks.com/index.cfm?layout=displayNews&newsArticle=4781 Farah Palmer announces retirement] ] .

While rugby is the most popular spectator game in New Zealand, the Black Ferns have suffered in the past from similar problems to any women's sport—under-funding, lack of support and lack of publicity. The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) and IRB have been criticised for not doing more to promote women's rugby, although support is beginning to build in those organisations. The NZRU started funding the Black Ferns in 1995, thus giving a great boost to their game. Accordingly the Black Ferns have benefitted from being included in NZRU High Performance initiatives. Along with professional coaches the team has had access to professional development resources such as analysis. The Black Ferns have used Verusco Technologies TryMaker video analysis system, as used by the All Blacks. In more recent times, the team's profile has risen greatly at a grassroots level, due in great part to their string of successes, and it is increasingly seen to be a national team on the same basis as any other.

Results

"The first four games listed below - played at RugbyFest 1990 - are not generally accepted as being internationals by New Zealand authorities. However, in men's rugby it is general practice to award full international status to any games where ONE side considers a game to be an international. As a result all games in that touranment have been treated as full internationals in this article."

Summary

"(Full internationals only)"

Full internationals

"See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering."

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test# = 36
date = 1990-08-26"(RF)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 56–0
noaway = ruw|NED
stadium = Christchurch
code = 1/15/1

wrugbybox
test# = 37
date = 1990-08-28"(RF)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 8–0
noaway = ruw|URS
stadium = Christchurch
code = 2/1/1

wrugbybox
test# = 40
date = 1990-08-30"(RF)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 9–3
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Christchurch
code = 3/5/1

wrugbybox
test# = 42
date = 1990-09-01"(RF)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 12–4
noaway = flagicon|World World XV | stadium = Christchurch
code = 4/1/1

wrugbybox
test# = 44
date = 1991-04-06 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score= 24-8
noaway = ruw|CAN
stadium= Glamorgan Wanderers
code = 5/4/1|

wrugbybox
test# = 52
date = 1991-04-10 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|WAL
score= 6-24
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium= Llanharan
code = 7/6/1|

wrugbybox
test# = 56
date = 1991-04-12 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score= 0-7
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium= Cardiff Arms Park
code = 7/9/2|

wrugbybox
test# = 107
date = 1994-09-02
nohome = ruw-rt| AUS
score = 0-37
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Sydney
code = 1/8/1|

wrugbybox
test# = 121
date = 1995-07-22
nohome = ruw-rt| NZL
score = 64-0
noaway = ruw|AUS
stadium = Auckland
code = 9/2/2|

wrugbybox
test# = 138
date = 1996-08-31
nohome = ruw-rt| AUS
score = 5-28
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Sydney
code = 3/10/3

wrugbybox
test# = 139
date = 1996-09-08 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt| CAN
score = 3-88
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Edmonton
code = 15/11/2

wrugbybox
test# = 141
date = 1996-09-11 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt| NZL
score = 88-8
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Edmonton
code = 12/20/3

wrugbybox
test# = 143
date = 1996-09-14 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|FRA
score = 0-109
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Edmonton
code = 38/13/1

wrugbybox
test# = 169
date = 1997-08-13
nohome = ruw-rt| NZL
score = 67-0
noaway = ruw|ENG
stadium = Burnham
code = 14/36/1

wrugbybox
test# = 170
date = 1997-08-16
nohome = ruw-rt| NZL
score = 44-0
noaway = ruw|AUS
stadium = Dunedin
code = 15/5/4

wrugbybox
test# = 192
date = 1998-05-02 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|GER
score = 6-134
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Amsterdam
code = 20/16/1

wrugbybox
test# = 200
date = 1998-05-05 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 76-0
noaway = ruw|SCO
stadium = Amsterdam
code = 17/30/1

wrugbybox
test# = 207
date = 1998-05-09 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 46-3
noaway = ruw|ESP
stadium = Amsterdam
code = 18/17/1

wrugbybox
test# = 212
date = 1998-05-12 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|ENG
score = 11-44
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Amsterdam
code = 45/19/2

wrugbybox
test# = 227
date = 1998-05-16 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 44-12
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Amsterdam
code = 20/29/4

wrugbybox
test# = 228
date = 1998-08-29
nohome = ruw-rt| AUS
score = 3-27
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Sydney
code = 11/21/5

wrugbybox
test# = 256
date = 1999-10-16 "(T99)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 73-0
noaway = ruw|CAN
stadium = Palmerston North, New Zealand
code = 22/26/3

wrugbybox
test# = 257
date = 1999-10-19 "(T99)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 65-5
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Palmerston North, New Zealand
code = 23/32/5

wrugbybox
test# = 289
date = 2000-09-23 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|CAN
score = 0-41
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Winnipeg
code = 28/24/4

wrugbybox
test# = 290
date = 2000-09-27 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 45-0
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Winnipeg
code = 25/35/6

wrugbybox
test# = 292
date = 2000-09-30 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|ENG
score = 13-32
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Winnipeg
code = 64/26/3

wrugbybox
test# = 330
date = 2001-06-09
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 15-10
noaway = ruw|ENG
stadium = Rotorua
code = 27/75/4

wrugbybox
test# = 331
date = 2001-06-16
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 17-22
noaway = ruw|ENG
stadium = North Harbour Stadium, Albany
code = 28/76/5

wrugbybox
test# = 360
date = 2002-05-13 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt| GER
score = 0-117
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Barcelona
code = 36/29/2

wrugbybox
test# = 369
date = 2002-05-18 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt| AUS
score = 3-36
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Barcelona
code = 15/30/6

wrugbybox
test# = 382
date = 2002-05-21 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt| NZL
score = 30-0
noaway = ruw|FRA
stadium = Barcelona
code = 31/78/2

wrugbybox
test# = 391
date = 2002-05-25 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt| ENG
score = 9-19
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Barcelona
code = 84/32/6

wrugbybox
test# = 422
date = 2003-10-04
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 37-0
noaway = flagicon|World World XV | stadium = Eden Park, Auckland
code = 33/2/2

wrugbybox
test# = 423
date = 2003-10-11
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 38-18
noaway = flagicon|World World XV | stadium = Whangarei
code = 34/3/3

wrugbybox
test# = 462
date = 2004-06-08 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|CAN
score = 5-32
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver
code = 43/35/5

wrugbybox
test# = 463
date = 2004-06-13 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 35-0
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Calgary Rugby Park
code = 36/48/7

wrugbybox
test# = 466
date = 2004-06-19 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|ENG
score = 0-38
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Edmonton
code = 102/37/7

wrugbybox
test# = 506
date = 2005-06-29 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 30-9
noaway = ruw|SCO
stadium = Ottawa
code = 39/88/2

wrugbybox
test# = 508
date = 2005-07-05 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|CAN
score = 3-43
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Ottawa
code = 49/39/6 wrugbybox
test# = 509| date = 2005-07-08 "(CC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|CAN
score = 5-32
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Ottawa
code = 50/40/7

wrugbybox
test# = 511
date = 2005-10-22
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 24-15
noaway = ruw|ENG
stadium = Eden Park, Auckland
code = 41/113/8

wrugbybox
test# = 513
date = 2005-10-26
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 33-8
noaway = ruw|ENG
stadium = Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
code = 42/114/9

wrugbybox
test# = 557
date = 2006-08-31 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 66-7
noaway = ruw|CAN
stadium = Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton
code = 56/43/8

wrugbybox
test# = 563
date = 2006-09-04 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 50-0
noaway = ruw|SAM
stadium = St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert
code = 44/10/1

wrugbybox
test# = 569
date = 2006-09-08 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 21-0
noaway = ruw|SCO
stadium = Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton
code = 45/98/3

wrugbybox
test# = 575
date = 2006-09-12 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 40-10
noaway = ruw|FRA
stadium = Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton
code = 46/110/3

wrugbybox
test# = 586
date = 2006-09-17 "(WC)"
nohome = ruw-rt|ENG
score = 17-25
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
code = 123/47/10

wrugbybox
test# = 643
date = 2007-10-16
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 21-10
noaway = ruw|AUS
stadium = Cooks Gardens, Wanganui
code = 48/23/7

wrugbybox
test# = 644
date = 2007-10-20
nohome = ruw-rt|NZL
score = 29-12
noaway = ruw|AUS
stadium = Wellington
code = 49/24/8

wrugbybox
test# = -
date = 2008-07-22
nohome = ruw-rt|AUS
score = -
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Canberra
code = 25/50/9

wrugbybox
test# = -
date = 2008-07-26
nohome = ruw-rt|AUS
score = -
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Sydney
code = 26/51/10

2007 Squad

Forwards

*Aimee Sutorius
*Amy Farr
*Beth Mallard
*Fiao’o Fa’amausili
*Justine Lavea
*Kathleen Wilton
*Kimberley Smith
*Linda Itunu
*Melissa Ruscoe
*Monalisa Codling
*Ruth McKay
*Tia Paasi
*Victoria Heighway
*Vita Robinson

Backs

*Anika Tiplady
*Anna Richards
*Carla Hohepa
*Claire Richardson
*Emma Jensen
*Fa'anati Aniseko
*Huriana Manuel
*Kendra Cocksedge
*Teresa Te Tamaki
*Vaniya Lavea
*Victoria Blackledge
*Waimania Teddy

References

ee also

Women's international rugby - the most complete listing of all women's international results since 1982.

External links

* [http://www.allblacks.com/index.cfm?layout=showBlackFerns&id=12 Black Ferns team page at AllBlacks.com]
* [http://www.rwcwomens.com/homepage.htm 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/nzwomensrugby/ a fan site about New Zealand Women's Rugby]
* [http://www.verusco.com Verusco, the Black Ferns video analysis system provider]