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Women’s move into previously male preserves was obvious in some parts of the sporting world. Here, Monalisa Codling, lock in the Black Ferns national women's rugby team, scores a try during a test match against England in October 2005.

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Charlotte Macdonald, Women and men – Common ground: 1999–21st century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29265/womens-rugby (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Charlotte Macdonald, published 30 March 2011, updated 1 August 2017.