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Kōrero: Gender and sport

Black Ferns, 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup

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Black Ferns, 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup

The Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's rugby team, have dominated the women's game internationally, but have a much lower profile than the All Blacks, the men's team. They have won six of the nine women's world cups authorised by World Rugby – by comparison, the All Blacks have won three out of nine men's world cups. Here Black Ferns Sharon Willoughby runs with the ball during the world cup semi-final against France in 2006.

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Sally Shaw, Gender and sport – Women and sporting codes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40408/black-ferns-2006-womens-rugby-world-cup (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Sally Shaw, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012, updated 1 June 2016.