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2024 Laurie O'Reilly Cup
The 2024 Laurie O'Reilly Cup was the 15th edition of Laurie O'Reilly Cup, the women's rugby union competition and was held on 25 May and 14 July. The first Test match (rugby union), test doubled as the final 2024 Pacific Four Series, Pacific Four Series match and was hosted by New Zealand. The second and final test was held in Australia. The New Zealand women's national rugby union team, Black Ferns retained the Laurie O'Reilly Cup in a clean sweep after beating the Australia women's national rugby union team, Wallaroos at Ballymore Stadium. Table Fixtures Test 1 ------------------------- Test 2 Squads Australia Joanne Yapp, Jo Yapp announced the Australia women's national rugby union team, Wallaroos 30-member squad to the 2024 Pacific Four Series on 30 April. New Zealand Allan Bunting named the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, Black Ferns 30-player squad for the 2024 Pacific Four Series on 1 May. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katelyn Vaha'akolo
Katelyn Vaha'akolo (born 18 April 2000) is a New Zealand rugby league and Rugby union, union player. She played for the New Zealand women's national rugby league team, Kiwi Ferns at the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup and for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. She joined the Blues Women, Blues for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season. Background Born in New Zealand, Vaha'akolo is a New Zealander of Māori people, Māori (Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua descent) and Tongan New Zealanders, Tongan descent. She is the younger sister of Freedom Vaha'akolo who played for the Highlanders (rugby union), Highlanders in Super Rugby. Rugby league career In 2020, Vaha'akolo played for the Te Atatu Roosters and Akarana Falcons. In November 2020, she represented the New Zealand women's national rugby league team, Kiwi Ferns. In December 2021, she signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad. In February 2022, Vaha'akolo played for the New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chryss Viliko
Chryss Viliko (born 25 December 2000) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. Biography Viliko attended Onehunga High School in Auckland. She made her debut for Auckland in the Farah Palmer Cup in 2018. She also plays for Marist in the Auckland club competition. She missed most of the 2021 Farah Palmer Cup season due to her recovery from an ACL knee reconstruction. 2021–22 Viliko attended a Black Ferns High Performance camp in October 2021. On 3 November, Viliko was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She was named on the Blues bench for their first game against Matatū, they won 21–10. She also featured in their 0–35 thrashing by the Chiefs Manawa in the final round. In July 2022, Viliko attended the Black Ferns trial in Pukekohe. She played for the Rawata team against Ngalingali at the Navigation Homes Stadium. 2023 Viliko joined the Black Ferns 2023 trainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alana Bremner
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. 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. Bremner was the first woman to play 50 matches for Lincoln University, and earned 50 caps for Canterbury. She played three matches for the New Zealand Development side at the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in Fiji. In 2020, she captained the New Zealand Barbarians in the two-match series against the Black Ferns. Her older sister, Chelsea, made her Black Ferns debut in the first match. 2021–22 Bremner was named in the Black Ferns squad for the European tour of England and France in 2021. She m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iritana Hohaia
Iritana Hohaia (born 1 March 2000) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays halfback for Taranaki provincially and for Hurricanes Poua professionally. Personal life Hohaia was born in Ōpunake in Taranaki. She began playing club rugby at Coastal as a child and has also played representative Basketball. She is also a police officer for the New Zealand Police. Rugby career 2018–20 Hohaia won a gold medal with the New Zealand Sevens team at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. She was named Taranaki Whio's Player of the Year in 2019. In 2020, she played for the Possibles against the Probables in a Black Ferns trial match and then later appeared for the New Zealand Barbarians against the Black Ferns. 2021–23 For 2021 she was selected for the Black Ferns squad for two test matches against England and France. She was contracted by the Hurricanes Poua for their first-ever women's squad for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. Hohaia received her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah King (rugby Union)
Hannah King (born 13 January 2004) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for Hurricanes Poua in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Canterbury at Provincial level. Personal life King is studying for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in agriculture at Lincoln University. Rugby career King made her debut for Canterbury at 18 and was awarded the most promising Canterbury Farah Palmer Cup player of the year. In 2024, she moved up north to Wellington for Super Rugby and had a breakout season for Hurricanes Poua. She debuted for the side in their first round clash with Chiefs Manawa. King received her first Black Ferns contract in April 2024. She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the Pacific Four Series. She came off the bench for her test debut against the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Du Plessis
Amy du Plessis (born 7 July 1999) is a South African born, New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and for Canterbury provincially. She also plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. Early life Du Plessis was born in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her family immigrated and settled in Invercargill when she was seven. She was a key part of Southland Girls' High School's rugby success. She helped win their first national Top 4 final in 2016. Rugby career Du Plessis made her debut for Otago in 2018. She played for the Probables against the Possibles in the Black Ferns trial in 2020. She made her Black Ferns debut off the bench on 4 November 2020 against the New Zealand Barbarians in West Auckland. She started in the second match. In 2021, she appeared for the Black Ferns 15s at the Takiwhitu Tūturu Pure Sevens tournament in Hataitai Park, Wellington. She was select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Rugby Union
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby. It was established in 1992 as the South African Rugby Football Union, from the merger of the South African Rugby Board and the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SACOS), and took up its current name in 2005. SARU organises several national teams, most notably the senior national side, the ''South Africa national rugby union team, Springboks''. SARU consists of 14 regional associations, each of which sends its own team to the Currie Cup, the oldest and most important league title in South Africa. In addition, the SuperSport Rugby Challenge takes place annually. In addition to the actual national team, the SARU also puts together other teams. The Junior Springboks are the U-20 national team and take part in the Rugby Championship and the World Championships. There are also the Blitzboks, the national team for sevens rugby. Children and young people a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Barrett-Theron
Aimee Patricia Barrett-Theron (born 27 June 1987) is a South African rugby union former player, and currently a referee on South Africa's Premier Panel. Playing career She could play as a fullback, centre or fly-half and played in various forms of the game – 15-a-side rugby union, rugby sevens and touch rugby. Aside from rugby union, she works as a biokineticist. She represented KwaZulu-Natal at domestic level between 2005 and 2008, and Western Province between 2009 and 2012. She also represented South Africa Women at Under-20 level in 2008, at senior level between 2008 and 2010 and for the sevens team between 2008 and 2012. Her records includes appearing at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in England. Refereeing She also took up refereeing, joining the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series circuit and being included on the refereeing panel for the 2016 Olympic Games. In December 2016, shortly before making her refereeing test debut for a 2017 World Cup qualifier between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, New Zealand
Albany ( ) () is one of the northernmost suburbs of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, northwest of the Auckland city centre. Albany is found at the headlands of Lucas Creek, and was the location of a portage used by Tāmaki Māori, where waka could be taken between the Upper Waitematā Harbour and the Okura River/Hauraki Gulf. During the 1840s, early European settlers established the village of Lucas Creek, which by the 1880s had become a major fruit growing centre in Auckland. The town voted to change the name from Lucas Creek to Albany in 1890. During the 1960s, large areas of farmland in Albany were requisitioned for a state housing project. The project was never built, and the land stayed vacant until the 1990s, when it was sold to private developers. Albany rapidly developed in the 1990s and 2000s, during which major projects were constructed, including Westfield Albany and North Harbour Stadium. Much of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Harbour Stadium
North Harbour Stadium is a stadium situated in Albany, in North Shore City, New Zealand. It was opened in 1997, after nearly a decade of discussion, planning and construction. Rugby union, association football, rugby league, and baseball are all played on the main ground. The neighbouring oval plays host to the senior cricket matches. The stadium also hosts large open-air concerts. History It is the home ground for Moana Pasifika, which became the first Super Rugby team to make the stadium its fulltime home with an announcement in 2024. The team will begin playing its home games at the ground in 2025. Since the stadium opened in 1997, it has been used by the North Harbour side in the National Provincial Championship, taking over from North Harbour's previous home venue, Onewa Domain in Takapuna. From 1997 to 1998 it hosted home games for the Chiefs when the Hamilton-based side represented North Harbour for a short time. In 1999, North Harbour fell under the Auckland Blues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabella McKenzie
Arabella McKenzie (born 1 March 1999) is an Australian rugby union player. She represents Australia at an international level and competed at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Early life McKenzie grew up in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, a small outback town roughly 700 km northwest of Sydney. She completed her secondary education as a boarder at Frensham, Mittagong. According to ESPN journalist Brittany Mitchell, "McKenzie grew up with the Steeden in her hands as opposed to the Gilbert", referring to the fact that she was "a rugby league fan from a young age who dreamed of playing for the St George Dragons." She was inspired to switch to union after watching TV coverage of the Australia women's sevens team's gold-medal run at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rugby career 2017–19 McKenzie represented Australia at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas, less than a year after she switched her focus from league to union. Australia won the gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
