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Interesting timing to read alongside all the women’s football + equity issues surrounding the World Cup. They are breaking down so may glass ceilings on the old boys rugby, not just in New Zealand but in the world.

She had the intuition to seek the right sort of help and she did find it from her Samoan and palagi heritage in spite of the obstacles in her path.Dad being the black sheep saved me in a way because everyone kind of looked out for him extra and therefore me too. Black Ferns winger Ruby Tui signing her book Straight Up at Whitcoulls on Lambton Quay in central Wellington.

She feels a deep sense of responsibility – in life, relationships, rugby and commercial partnerships. How she wasn’t that fussed with rugby as a kid and only played it a bit, how she started playing during her Canty Uni days to becoming one of the most influential rugby players in both 15s and 7s at the highest international level while putting women’s rugby on the mainstream conscience. Crazy to think this was written before the RWC 2021 that the Black Ferns won, and her story was already so impressive. Reading Tui’s life story is like joining a boot camp for life, with a steady and capable coach to guide you through its sweeping emotional landscape.Five months on from that glorious Rugby World Cup final at Eden Park – the gold medal, the singalong, an all-night party – she bounds into lunch in her black, short-sleeved adidas top, Black Ferns shorts and white cap as if she’s ready for another 80 minutes. I especially loved her take on being bicultural and how that has contributed to her empathy and ability to see things from another angle.

The West Coast is a beautiful part of Aotearoa, but remote: dense bush on one side and a wild surf on the other.Before last year’s World Cup final, she filmed herself asking former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern if she could have her seat in office.

It is a story of personal and systemic metamorphosis, which has ultimately led us to a new, women-led era for sport at large in Aotearoa.

I said hi, and she and Dad must have been talking because she did seem to know who I was, and she said hi, too. England’s winning streak came to an end in the most important game of all as the Black Ferns won the World Cup for a sixth time on a historic night for women’s rugby at Eden Park.



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