Alana Bremner (born 10 February 1997) is a New Zealand

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player. She plays for Matatū in the

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competition and for

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provincially. She also represents

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internationally and was a member of their

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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

. She played three matches for the New Zealand Development side at the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in

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. In 2020, she captained the

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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

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and

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in 2021. She made her international debut against

on 31 October 2021 at

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, it was the

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100th test match. She also scored her first Test try in the match. She also played in the second test match against

. At the end of 2021, Bremner was selected for Matatū for the inaugural 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season. Bremner and her sister, Chelsea, were named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series. She scored a try in the first match against the Wallaroos. She was recalled into the team for the August two-test series against the Wallaroos for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup. Bremner was selected for the Black Ferns

32-player squad. She scored a try against

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in the quarterfinals. She was a part of the Black Ferns team that were crowned champions for the sixth time.

2023

Bremner re-signed with Matatū for the 2023 season. She was part of Matatū's team that won their first

title after defeating

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in the final. On 17 April, she was one of 34 players who received Black Ferns contracts. In July, she was in the starting line up in her sides 21–52 victory over

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at the Pacific Four Series in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bremner, Alana 1997 births Living people New Zealand female rugby union players New Zealand women's international rugby union players 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen