Portia Woodman

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Portia Woodman
Portia Woodman 2016.jpg
Player information
birthday July 12, 1991
place of birth Kawakawa , New Zealand
size 1.70 m
National team
Years National team Games (points)
2013 New Zealand (7-a-side rugby) 157 (975)
2013 New Zealand (rugby union) ()

Portia Woodman (born July 12, 1991 in Kawakawa , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand rugby player who is a member of both the New Zealand national rugby union team and the national rugby team of 7 . She was honored with the World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year award in 2015.

Career

Woodman played netball with the Northern Mystics until 2012 . She then switched to rugby. In 2013 she played her first international match for the Black Ferns . That same year, Woodman won with the Black Ferns Sevens the 7-Rugby World Cup . In the next two years she focused on rugby 7. With the Black Ferns Sevens she won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games . Since 2016 she has been back on the Black Ferns squad. Woodman also runs for the provincial team Counties-Manukau, with whom she won the New Zealand championship in 2016.

Woodman won the 2017 Women's Rugby Union World Cup with the Black Ferns . In the second round game against Hong Kong, she put eight attempts . At the 2018 Commonwealth Games and in the 7-Rugby World Cup in 2018 , she won the gold medal in each 7-rugby. In November 2018, Woodman tore an Achilles tendon while training . After Woodman played sub-class netball after her injury, she made her comeback with New Zealand club Kaikohe in July 2020.

Others

Her father Kawhena Woodman and her uncle Fred Woodman are former All Blacks .

Web links

Commons : Portia Woodman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ worldrugby.org: World Rugby Women's Sevens Awards, November 14, 2016, accessed August 5, 2017
  2. ↑ nzherald.co.nz: Woodman nominated for Women's Sevens Player of the Year on November 8, 2016, accessed August 5, 2017
  3. ↑ stuff.co.nz: Silver for New Zealand as Australia too good in Olympic women's sevens final of August 9, 2016, accessed August 5, 2017
  4. ↑ radiosport.co.nz: Rugby wrap, new female champs, October 2, 2016, accessed August 5, 2017
  5. ↑ stuff.co.nz: Sublime second half secure Women's World Cup for Black Ferns on August 26, 2017, accessed on August 26, 2017
  6. ↑ allblacks.com: Black Ferns defeat Hong Kong, August 14, 2017, accessed August 20, 2017
  7. ↑ allblacks.com: New Zealand Women claimsoft historic gold , accessed on April 26, 2018
  8. ↑ allblacks.com: Black Ferns Sevens make history in San Francisco , accessed July 22, 2018
  9. ↑ planet7s.com: Black Ferns Sevens star Portia Woodman happy to return when the time is right on June 14, 2019, accessed on July 25, 2019
  10. ↑ tvnz.co.nz: Black Ferns sensation Portia Woodman reveals she nearly retired after injury woes from June 30, 2020, accessed on August 2, 2020
  11. ↑ ur7s.com: Rugby wrap, new female champs, January 2, 2014, accessed August 5, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Woodman, Portia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand rugby player
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Kawakawa , New Zealand