New Zealand women's national rugby league team

Not to be confused with New Zealand women's national rugby union team or New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team.

For the men's team, see New Zealand national rugby league team.

The New Zealand women's national rugby league team, also known as the Kiwi Ferns or New Zealand Kiwi Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's rugby league. They are administered by the New Zealand Rugby League.

New Zealand women's national rugby league team

Team information
Nickname	Kiwi Ferns
Governing body	New Zealand Rugby League
Region	Oceania
Head coach	Ricky Henry
Captain	Georgia Hale & Raecene McGregor
IRL ranking	2 (31 December 2025)
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
New Zealand 18 – 14 Australia (Sydney, Australia, 1 July 1995)
Biggest win
New Zealand 88 – 0 France (Dewsbury, England; 5 July 2013)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 4 – 54 Australia (Manchester, England; 19 November 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first time in 2000)
Best result	Champions (2000, 2003, 2008)

New Zealand won the Women's Rugby League World Cup in 2000, 2003 and 2008.

History

The Kiwi Ferns were formed in 1995.

Touring Australia in June and July 1995, the team won all seven games that they played. Two of the games were full internationals against Australia.

The First Test Match was held on 1 July 1995 at Lidcombe Oval in Sydney. New Zealand 18 defeated Australia 14. The Second Test was held on 8 July 1995 at Hawker Oval in Canberra. New Zealand 14 defeated Australia 6.

In 1997, New Zealand hosted Australia for two Test matches, winning both.

New Zealand hosted a 1998 tour by Great Britain, winning all three matches by comfortable margins, the score of 28 to 6 in the First Test being the closest.

During a Trans-Tasman series in 1999, New Zealand experienced their first defeat, a narrow 20-22 loss in the Second Test at Penrith. New Zealand won the third Test in Auckland to claim the series two-one.

New Zealand competed in the 2000 World Cup, beating Australia and Great Britain twice each to claim the inaugural title.

New Zealand remained undefeated in the 2000s until a one-off Test Match against Australia in 2009. During this period, the Kiwi Ferns won one-off matches in 2001 and 2002, all six matches in the 2003 World Cup to claim their second title, two matches in 2004, another in 2006, and all five matches in the 2008 World Cup to claim their third title as World Cup champions. The winning streak extended to 21 matches.

Coaches

Also see Category:New Zealand women's national rugby league team coaches.

The current coach of the New Zealand team is Ricky Henry, who replaced Justin Morgan in 2020. Morgan had been the coach since 2018.

Name	Tests						Nines						Ref.
	Span	Matches	W	D	L	W%	Span	Matches	W	D	L	W%
Janie Thompson	1995–1997	4	4	0	0	100.00	N/A
Tony Lajpold	1998–1999	6	5	0	1	83.33	N/A
Michael Rawiri	2000–2001	5	5	0	0	100.00	N/A
Lawrence Brydon	2002–2004	9	9	0	0	100.00	N/A
Stan Martin	2006–2009	7	6	0	1	85.71	N/A
Lynley Tierney-Mani	2010–2013	6	5	0	1	83.33	N/A
Rusty Matua	2014	1	1	0	0	100.00	2015	3	2	0	1	66.67
Alan Jackson	2015–2016	2	1	0	1	50.00	2016–2017	6	2	0	4	33.33
Tony Benson	2017	7	5	0	2	71.43	N/A
Kelvin Wright	2018	1	0	0	1	0.00	N/A
Justin Morgan	2019	2	1	0	1	50.00	2019	4	3	0	1	75.00
Ricky Henry	2020–	15	9	0	6	60.00	N/A

Note:

• Last updated: 10 November 2025

Players

Current squad

The Kiwi Ferns squad for the 2025 Pacific Championships was announced on 7 October 2025.

Jersey numbers in the table reflect selections for the Pacific Cup Final versus the Australian Jillaroos

Players' ages are as at the date that the table was last updated, 9 November 2025 (after the Pacific Cup Final).

J#	Player	Age	Position(s)	Kiwi Ferns						NRLW							Other Reps
				Dbt	M	T	G	F	Pts	2025 Club	CM	TM	T	G	F	Pts
1	Apii Nicholls	32	Fullback	2017	19	5	6	0	32	Warriors	0	38	2	13	0	34	—
2	Tysha Ikenasio	28	Wing, Centre	2025	2	1	0	0	4	Warriors	0	8	2	0	0	8	—
3	Mele Hufanga	31	Centre	2022	13	7	0	0	28	Broncos	33	33	25	0	0	100	—
4	Abigail Roache	29	Centre, Wing	2022	11	3	0	0	12	Cowboys	10	30	12	0	0	48	—
5	Shanice Parker	27	Wing, Centre	2022	11	3	0	0	12	Knights	41	46	11	0	0	44	1 1 4 2
14	Tyla King	31	Five-eighth, Halfback	2024	4	0	4	0	8	Sharks	8	21	3	4	0	20	1
7	Raecene McGregor	28	Halfback	2017	18	9	5	0	46	Dragons	28	48	2	45	0	98	5
8	Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa	23	Prop	2023	9	1	0	0	4	Bulldogs	10	29	2	0	0	8	—
9	Brooke Anderson	29	Hooker, Lock	2023	9	0	0	0	0	Sharks	32	37	5	0	0	20	1 2 2
10	Tiana Davison	25	Prop, Second-row	2023	5	0	0	0	0	Knights	21	29	4	0	0	16	—
11	Annessa Biddle	22	Second-row, Centre	2023	8	3	0	0	12	Sharks	26	26	6	0	0	24	2
12	Otesa Pule	22	Second-row, Centre	2022	13	1	0	0	4	Roosters	40	40	9	0	0	36	—
13	Georgia Hale	30	Lock	2015	23	0	0	0	0	Titans	41	50	3	0	0	12	—
6	Ashleigh Quinlan	30	Five-eighth	2023	8	2	0	0	8	Bulldogs	10	33	7	0	0	28	3 1
15	Shaniece Monschau	23	Second-row, Prop	2025	2	0	0	0	0	Bulldogs	11	11	0	0	0	0	—
16	Alexis Tauaneai	20	Prop, Lock	2024	6	1	0	0	4	Bulldogs	8	24	6	0	0	24	—
17	Ivana Lauitiiti	19	Prop	2025	3	0	0	0	0	Warriors	0	6	2	0	0	8	—
18	Shakira Baker	33	Second-row, Centre	2025	1	0	0	0	0	Warriors	0	8	1	0	0	4	—
19	Patricia Maliepo	22	Five-eighth	2025	2	0	3	0	6	Warriors	0	9	4	17	0	50	—
20	Trinity Tauaneai	18	Lock, Prop	—	0	0	0	0	0	Dragons	9	9	0	0	0	0	—
C	Leianne Tufuga	23	Wing, Centre	2023	7	4	0	0	16	Raiders	11	39	11	0	0	44	1 2
S	Brianna Clark	30	Prop	2022	9	1	7	0	18	Broncos	31	37	3	16	0	44	1 1

Notes

• Eight squad members have previously played for Australasian based representative teams:
  • Samoa (1): Tufuga
  • Māori All Stars (6): Anderson, Biddle, King, McGregor, Parker, and Quinlan
  • New South Wales (2): Anderson and Parker
  • NSW City (3): Anderson, Parker and Tufuga
  • NRL All Stars (1): Parker
  • Australian Prime Minister's XIII: Clark
• Players unavailable due to injury include: Madison Bartlett, Jasmine Solia, and Brooke Talataina.
• Mya Hill-Moana missed the 2025 NRLW season due to pregnancy.
• Gayle Broughton was unavailable due to personal reasons.
• The team announcement listed an additional eight players as members of the wider squad: Jasmin Strange (Roosters), Mackenzie Wiki (Raiders), Matekino Gray (Warriors), Moana Courtenay (Bulldogs), Payton Takimoana (Warriors), Tenika Willison (Knights), Trinity Tauaneai (Dragons), and Martha Mataele (Eels). Mataele and Courtenay were selected for Tonga.
• On Monday 27 October 2025, Dragons forward Trinity Tauaneai was promoted from the wider squad to the main squad ahead of the Ferns clash with the Jillaroos on Sunday 2 November at Eden Park. She replaces Brianna Clark who was suspended for two Tests ruling her out for the remainder of the Pacific Championships.
• The NZRL announcement noted that Amber Hall was unavailable due to playing for Samoa instead. The Samoa squad announcement did not initially include Hall in their list 21 players. Hall had missed the 2025 NRLW Grand Final due to a calf injury.

Competitive record

Head to head records

Opponent	FM	MR	M	W	D	L	Win%	PF	PA	Share
Australia	1995	2025	32	17	0	15	53.12%	616	523	54.08%
Great Britain	1998	2003	6	6	0	0	100.00%	196	24	89.09%
New Zealand Māori	2002	2017	4	4	0	0	100.00%	176	34	83.81%
Cook Islands	2003	2022	3	3	0	0	100.00%	178	4	97.80%
Tokelau	2003	2003	1	1	0	0	100.00%	84	0	100.00%
Samoa	2003	2025	5	5	0	0	100.00%	206	40	83.74%
Pacific Islands	2008	2008	1	1	0	0	100.00%	72	0	100.00%
Tonga	2008	2023	3	3	0	0	100.00%	120	26	82.19%
England	2008	2022	6	6	0	0	100.00%	204	42	82.93%
France	2013	2022	2	2	0	0	100.00%	134	0	100.00%
Canada	2017	2017	1	1	0	0	100.00%	50	4	92.59%
Papua New Guinea	2017	2024	2	2	0	0	100.00%	74	0	100.00%
Totals	1995	2025	66	51	0	15	77.27%	2,110	697	75.17%

Notes:

• Table last updated 10 November 2025.
• Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Results

Full internationals

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Video	Report(s)
1 Jul 1995	Australia	18–14	2 Test Series	Lidcombe Oval, Sydney	—
8 Jul 1995	Australia	14–6		Hawker Oval, Canberra	—
20 Sep 1997	Australia	34–26	2 Test Series	Petone Recreation Ground, Wellington	—
24 Sep 1997	Australia	40–16		Carlaw Park, Auckland	—
23 Aug 1998	Great Britain	28–6	3 Test Series	Puketawhero Park, Rotorua	—
29 Aug 1998	Great Britain	44–0		Rugby League Park, Christchurch	—
4 Sep 1998	Great Britain	38–2		Carlaw Park, Auckland	—
23 Sep 1999	Australia	20–10	3 Test Series	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney	—
27 Sep 1999	Australia	20–22		Penrith Stadium, Sydney
29 Oct 1999	Australia	26–14		Ericsson Stadium, Auckland	—
7 Nov 2000	Great Britain	22–12	2000 Women's Rugby League World Cup	Rugby Ground, Orrell, Greater Manchester	—
10 Nov 2000	Australia	10–6		South Leeds Stadium
18 Nov 2000	Australia	50–6		Rams Stadium, Dewsbury	—
24 Nov 2000	Great Britain	26–4		Wilderspool, Warrington
23 Sep 2001	Australia	42–8	Test Match	Carlaw Park, Auckland	—
Oct 2002	Māori	36–10	Test Match		—
28 Sep 2003	Cook Islands	68–0	2003 Women's Rugby League World Cup	North Harbour Stadium	—
2 Oct 2003	Tokelau	84–0		Marist Rugby Grounds	—
4 Oct 2003	Australia	44–4		North Harbour Stadium	—
6 Oct 2003	Samoa	84–0		North Harbour Stadium	—
8 Oct 2003	Great Britain	38–0		North Harbour Stadium	—
12 Oct 2003	Māori	58–0		North Harbour Stadium	—
14 Aug 2004	Australia	38–12	2 Test Series	Bendigo Bank Oval, Ipswich	—
21 Aug 2004	Australia	30–20		Davies Park, Brisbane
1 Jul 2006	Māori	50–12	Test Match	Rotorua International Stadium	—
6 Nov 2008	Pacific Islands	72–0	2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup	Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast
8 Nov 2008	Tonga	42–4
10 Nov 2008	Samoa	26–4
12 Nov 2008	England	16–4
15 Nov 2008	Australia	34–0		Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
23 Sep 2009	Australia	16–18	Test Match	Ellerslie Domain, Auckland	—
10 Oct 2010	England	44–6	2 Test Series	Toll Stadium, Whangārei	—
16 Oct 2010	England	38–6		Waitakere Stadium, Auckland	—
5 Jul 2013	France	88–0	2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup	The Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury
8 Jul 2013	England	34–16		Post Office Road, Featherstone
11 Jul 2013	Australia	14–6		Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley
14 Jul 2013	Australia	12–22		Headingley, Leeds
9 Nov 2014	Australia	12–8	Test Match	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
3 May 2015	Australia	14–22	Anzac Test	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	—
6 May 2016	Australia	26–16	Anzac Test	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	—
5 May 2017	Australia	4–16	Anzac Test	GIO Stadium, Canberra
4 Nov 2017	Māori	32–12	Warm-up Match	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	—
16 Nov 2017	Canada	50–4	2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney
19 Nov 2017	Cook Islands	76–0
22 Nov 2017	Papua New Guinea	38–0
26 Nov 2017	England	52–4
2 Dec 2017	Australia	16–23		Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
13 Oct 2018	Australia	24–26	Test Match	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
22 Jun 2019	Samoa	46–8	Test Match	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
25 Oct 2019	Australia	8–28	Test Match	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
7 Nov 2020	Samoa	28–8	Test Match	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
25 Jun 2022	Tonga	50–12	Test Match	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
2 Nov 2022	France	46–0	2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup	York Community Stadium, York
6 Nov 2022	Cook Islands	34–4
10 Nov 2022	Australia	8–10
14 Nov 2022	England	20–6
19 Nov 2022	Australia	4–54		Old Trafford, Manchester
14 Oct 2023	Australia	10–16	Test Match	Qld Country Bank Stadium
21 Oct 2023	Tonga	28–10	Test Match	Eden Park, Auckland
28 Oct 2023	Australia	12–6	Test Match	AAMI Park, Melbourne	—
27 Oct 2024	Australia	0–14	2024 Pacific Championship	Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch
3 Nov 2024	Papua New Guinea	36–0		Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby
10 Nov 2024	Australia	4–24		CommBank Stadium, Parramatta
19 Oct 2025	Samoa	22–20	2025 Pacific Championship	Go Media Stadium, Auckland
2 Nov 2025	Australia	4–10		Eden Park, Auckland
9 Nov 2025	Australia	8–40		CommBank Stadium, Sydney

Nines

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Video	Report(s)
31 Jan 2015	Australia	8–4	2015 Auckland Nines	Eden Park, Auckland	—
1 Feb 2015	Australia	16–4			—
1 Feb 2015	Australia	7–8
6 Feb 2016	Australia	4–11	2016 Auckland Nines
7 Feb 2016	Australia	9–0
7 Feb 2016	Australia	21–7
4 Feb 2017	Australia	4–20	2017 Auckland Nines
5 Feb 2017	Australia	0–8
5 Feb 2017	Australia	4–14			—
18 Oct 2019	Australia	8–22	2019 World Cup 9s	Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
19 Oct 2019	Papua New Guinea	24–12
19 Oct 2019	England	33–4
19 Oct 2019	Australia	17–15

Upcoming fixtures

New Zealand has qualified for the 2026 World Cup to be held in October-November 2026. All three of the Kiwi Fern's pool games have been scheduled within a multi-match game day. The second round match in Christchurch precedes a New Zealand men's team match. The third round match on the Queensland Gold Coast follows a women's match between Fiji and France and a men's match between New Zealand and Fiji.

Opponent	Game Day			Time			Venue		Ref
	Weekday	Date	Format	Local	AEDT	GMT	Sponsored Name	Actual Name
Fiji	Sunday	18 Oct 2026	WM	1:50 PM	1:50 PM	2:50 AM	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle International Sports Centre
France	Sunday	25 Oct 2026	WM	3:50 PM	1:50 PM	2:50 AM	One NZ Stadium	Te Kaha, Christchurch
Papua New Guinea	Saturday	31 Oct 2026	WMW	4:55 PM	5:55 PM	6:55 AM	Cbus Super Stadium	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Potential Semi-Final	Saturday	7 Nov 2026	WM	5:55 PM	5:55 PM	6:55 AM	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle International Sports Centre
	Sunday	8 Nov 2026	WM	5:55 PM	5:55 PM	6:55 AM	Allianz Stadium	Sydney Football Stadium
Potential Final	Sunday	15 Nov 2026	WM	3:15 PM	4:15 PM	5:15 AM	Suncorp Stadium	Lang Park, Brisbane

Records

Individual records

This section last updated 17 November 2024.

The tally of tries, goals and points for this section is missing

• All of the 16 points vs Australia on 23 September 2009.
• 4 of 44 points vs England on 10 October 2010 (First Test). A long report in the New Zealand Herald mentions the scorers of the ten tries but omits the goal-kicker.

Points scored: 246

• Trish Hina (33 tries, 57 goals)

Tries scored: 45

• Honey Hireme

Goals kicked: 57

• Trish Hina

Points scored in a match: 40

• Trish Hina (5 tries, 10 goals) vs Samoa, World Cup, 6 October 2003.

Tries scored in a match: 6

• Fuarosa Time vs Tokelau, World Cup, 2 October 2003.
• Honey Hireme vs Cook Islands, World Cup, 19 November 2017.

Goals kicked in a match: 10

• Trish Hina vs Samoa, World Cup, 6 October 2003.
• Laura Mariu vs Pacific Islands, World Cup 6 November 2008.

Notes:

• Most Games is not listed above as full line-ups are not known to contributors for multiple matches prior to 2011.
  • Unknown: 1997 (both Tests), 1998 (2nd Test), 1999 (1st Test), 2002 (only match), 2003 (all six World Cup matches), 2004 (1st Test), 2006 (only match), 2009 (only Test), 2010 (1st Test).
  • Known: 1995 (both Tests), 1998 (1st & 3rd Tests), 1999 (2nd & 3rd Tests), 2000 (all four World Cup matches), 2001 (only Test), 2004 (2nd Test), 2008 (all five World Cup matches), 2010 (2nd Test).
• For the 2nd Test of 1999, the try-scorers listed in the New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1999 differs from the try-scorers shown in the match video on YouTube. The Annual has the try-scorers as Nadene Conlon, Zavana Aranga, Rachel White, and Leah Witehira. The video shows the New Zealand try scorers as Nadene Conlon (video 0:10:31), Rachel White (0:47:46), Miriama Niha (1:02:21), and Michelle Driscoll (1:15:46).
• Try-scorers for the 1st Test of 1999 are listed in the Annual as Trish Hina (2), Leah Witehira, and Tasha Davie. A one paragraph report in The Press mentions two second-half try scorers for New Zealand in this match as Leah Witehira and Tasha Davie.

Team records

Margins and streaks

Biggest winning margins

Margin	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
88	88–0	France	Tetleys Stadium	5 Jul 2013
84	84–0	Samoa	North Harbour Stadium	6 Oct 2003
76	76–0	Cook Islands	Southern Cross Group Stadium	19 Nov 2017
68	68–0	Cook Islands	North Harbour Stadium	28 Sep 2003
48	52–4	England	Southern Cross Group Stadium	26 Nov 2017
46	50–4	Canada	Southern Cross Group Stadium	16 Nov 2017
46	46–0	France	LNER Community Stadium	2 Nov 2022
44	50–6	Australia	Jungle	18 Nov 2000
40	44–4	Australia	North Harbour Stadium	4 Oct 2003
38	38–0	Papua New Guinea	Southern Cross Group Stadium	22 Nov 2017
38	46–8	Samoa	Mount Smart Stadium	22 June 2019
38	44–6	England	Toll Stadium	10 Oct 2010
38	50–12	Tonga	Mount Smart Stadium	25 June 2022
38	42–4	Tonga	Mount Smart Stadium	8 Nov 2008

Biggest losing margins

Margin	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
50	4–54	Australia	Old Trafford	19 Nov 2022
32	8–40	Australia	CommBank Stadium	9 Nov 2025
20	8–28	Australia	WIN Stadium	25 Oct 2019
20	4–24	Australia	CommBank Stadium	10 Nov 2024
14	0–14	Australia	Apollo Projects Stadium	27 Oct 2024
12	4–16	Australia	GIO Stadium	5 May 2017
10	12–22	Australia	Headingley Stadium	14 July 2013
7	16–23	Australia	Suncorp Stadium	2 Dec 2017
6	4–10	Australia	Eden Park	2 Nov 2025
6	10–16	Australia	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	14 Oct 2023

Most consecutive wins

Matches	First win	Last win	Days	Ended	Days
21	29 Oct 1999	15 Nov 2008	9 years, 18 days	23 Sep 2009	9 years, 330 days
8	1 Jul 1995	23 Sep 1999	4 years, 84 days	27 Sep 1999	4 years, 88 days

Most consecutive losses

Matches	First loss	Last loss	Days	Ended	Days
2	2 Dec 2017	13 Oct 2018	315 days	22 Jun 2019	1 year, 202 days
2	19 Nov 2022	14 Oct 2023	329 days	21 Oct 2023	336 days
2	2 Nov 2025	9 Nov 2025	7 days	Current	249 days

Individual awards

Player of the Year

A female Player of the Year award is included in the New Zealand Rugby League Awards.

Year	Player	Kiwi Ferns Matches in Year		Provincial Team	NZ Club	NRLW Club	Ref
		13's	9's
1997	Trish Hina	2	—	Wellington	Te Aroha Eels	—
1998	Luisa Avaiki	2	—	Auckland	Richmond Rovers	—
2000	Trish Hina	4	—	Wellington	Te Aroha Eels	—
2004	Lorina Papali'i	2	—	Auckland	Richmond Rovers	—
2005	Rona Peters	—	—	Auckland		—
2006	Rona Peters	1	—	Auckland		—
2007	Honey Hireme	0	—		Papakura Sea Eagles	—
2008	Maia Tua-Davidson	4	—	Hawke's Bay		—
2009	Tasha Tapu	?	—			—
2010	Sarina Fiso	2	—	Auckland	Papakura Sea Eagles	—
2011	Akenehe Pereira	0	—	Wellington		—
2012	Honey Hireme	0	—	Waikato		—
2013	Sarina Fiso	4	—	Counties Manukau	Manurewa Marlins	—
2014	Atawhai Tupaea	1	—	Counties Manukau	Papakura Sea Eagles	—
2015	Teuila Fotu-Moala	1	Yes	Counties Manukau	Otahuhu Leopards	—
2016	Sarina Fiso	1	Yes	Counties Manakau	Manurewa Marlins	—
2017	Apii Nicholls-Pualau	5	No	Counties Manakau	Manurewa Marlins	—
2018	Honey Hireme	1	—			Dragons
2019	Georgia Hale	2	4	Auckland	Richmond Rovers	Warriors
2020	Krystal Rota	1	—	Counties Manakau		—
2021	Not awarded
2022	Raecene McGregor	6	—	—	—	Roosters
2023	Raecene McGregor	3	—	—	—	Dragons
2024	Annessa Biddle	3	—	—	—	Sharks
2025	Mele Hufanga	3	—	—	—	Broncos

Rookie of the Year

A female Rookie of the Year award has been included in the New Zealand Rugby League Awards since 2018.

Year	Player	Kiwi Ferns Matches in Year		Provincial Team	NZ Club	NRLW Club	Ref
		13's	9's
2018	Onjeurlina Leiataua	1	—	Counties Manukau		Warriors
2019	Jules Newman	1	4	Auckland	Mount Albert Lions	Warriors
2020	Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly	1	—	Upper Central		—
2021	Not awarded
2022	Brianna Clark	5	—			Broncos
2023	Annessa Biddle	3	—		Otara Scorpions	Sharks
2024	Alexis Tauaneai	3	—	—	—	Dragons
2025	Ivana Lauitiiti	3	—	—	—	Warriors

IRL Rankings

IRL Women's World Rankings
Official rankings as of December 2025
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100
2		New Zealand	64
3		England	40
4		France	26
5		Samoa	22
6		Papua New Guinea	20
7		Wales	20
8		Ireland	19
9		Cook Islands	15
10	2	Nigeria	15
11	2	Greece	13
12	2	Fiji	13
13	2	Canada	13
14	1	Netherlands	13
15	1	Tonga	12
16		United States	11
17		Serbia	7
18		Kenya	6
19	2	Ghana	6
20	1	Scotland	4
21	1	Italy	3
22		Philippines	3
23		Brazil	3
24	1	Jamaica	3
25	1	Uganda	3
26	1	Lebanon	2
27	1	Malta	1
28	2	Turkey	1
Complete rankings at www.internationalrugbyleague.com

Past squads

1990s

The Kiwi Ferns were formed in 1995.

1995 Inaugural Kiwi Ferns Team

Main article: 1995 New Zealand Women's Rugby League tour of Australia

• Juanita Hall (C)
• Zavana Aranga
• Maria Auega
• Luisa Avaiki
• Golly Baker
• Nadene Conlon
• Wendy Cunningham
• Michelle Driscoll
• Eva Epiha
• Sharlene Hannah
• Kaylene Ihaia
• Therese Mangos
• Tania Martin
• Nicole Presland
• Eileen Rankin (VC)
• Debbie Syme
• Megan Tahapeehi
• Lynley Tierney
• Laura Waretini
• Rachel White
• Sara White
• Tammi Wilson
• Leah Witehira
• Coach: Janie Thompson
• Managers: Diana Hay and Ollie Karu and Yvonne Hiko and Maia Le Cheminant
• Masseur: Josie O'Dwyer

Touring Australia in June and July 1995, the team won all seven games that they played. Two of the games were full internationals against Australia.

The First Test Match was held on 1 July 1995 at Lidcombe Oval in Sydney. New Zealand 18 (Maira Auega, Leah Witehira, Debbie Syme, Luisa Avaiki tries; Zavana Aranga goal) defeated Australia 14 (Natalie Dwyer, Julie McGuffie, Sherrilee Moulds tries; Sherrilee Moulds goal).

The Second Test was held on 8 July 1995 at Hawker Oval in Canberra. New Zealand 14 (Tammi Wilson, Leah Witehira, Laura Waretine tries; Laura Waretine goal) defeated Australia 6 (Katrina Fanning try, Sherrilee Moulds goal).

Other matches on the tour were played against the following teams:

• NSW President's XIII on 27 June at North Sydney Oval. New Zealand won 16–6.
• Sydney at Ringrose Park, Wentworthville. New Zealand 26 defeated Sydney 4.
• Australian Capital Territory on 6 July at Freebody Oval, Queanbeyan. New Zealand 48 defeated A.C.T. nil.
• Queensland at Davies Park, Brisbane. New Zealand 48 defeated Queensland nil.
• Queensland at Seagulls Stadium, Tweed Heads, New South Wales. New Zealand 36 defeated Queensland nil.

1997 Kiwi Ferns Team

• Kaylene Ihaia
• Lemelle Lauaki
• Mate Lefale
• Priscilla Moke
• Luisa Avaiki
• Christine Moir
• Lynley Tierney
• Nadene Conlon (VC)
• Zavana Aranga (C)
• Rachel White
• Tracy Wrigley
• Trish Hina
• Michelle Driscoll
• Megan Tahapeehi
• Nicole Presland
• Mere Miki
• Selena Edmonds
• Coach: Janie Thomson
• Managers: Diane Pakai, Robin Thompson
• Trainer: Eileen Rankin
• NZWRL Secretary: Cherie Steel

New Zealand hosted Australia. New Zealand won both International Test games to remain undefeated for 4 Tests in a row.

1998 Kiwi Ferns Team

Main article: 1998 Great Britain Women's Rugby League Tour of New Zealand

• Audrey Thompson
• Zavana Aranga (C)
• Nadene Conlon (VC)
• Tasha Davie
• Debbie Chase
• Alarna Nicholas
• Leah Witehira
• Serena Setu
• Rachel White
• Sara White
• Luisa Avaiki
• Trish Hina
• Somma Te Kahu
• Germaine Wiki
• Jackie Ryder
• Michelle Driscoll
• Rachel Bean
• Coach: Tony Lajpold
• Manager: Hope Weston
• Trainer: Harry Tipene

New Zealand hosted a travelling Great Britain Lionesses team. New Zealand won all 3 test matches to bring their undefeated tally to 7 in a row.

1999 Kiwi Ferns Team

• Tasha Davie
• Tracy Wrigley
• Nadene Conlon
• Leah Witehira
• Stacey O'Carroll
• Jean Kellett
• Mary Brennan
• Frances Te Ao
• Sara White
• Cynthia Ta'ala
• Rachel White
• Selena Te Amo
• Trish Hina
• Luisa Avaiki
• Antoinette Rowley
• Michelle Driscoll
• Jackie Ryder
• Zavana Aranga (C)
• Miriama Niha
• Germaine Wiki
• Coach: Tony Lajpold
• Manager: Christine Cooper
• Trainer: Eileen Porter-Rankin

The three-match series was split between two matches in Sydney and one in Auckland. New Zealand won the First Test Match but lost the Second Test, ending their 8 Test undefeated streak.

2000s

2000 World Cup Kiwi Ferns Squad

1. Somma Te Kahu
2. Sharlene Johnson
3. Michelle Driscoll
4. Selena Te Amo
5. Stacey O'Carroll
6. Trish Hina
7. Leah Witehira
8. Nicole Presland (C)
9. Tracy Wrigley
10. Luisa Avaiki
11. Rachel White
12. Nadene Conlon (C)
13. Tasha Davie
14. Laura Mariu
15. Ina Muaiava
16. Frances Te Ao
17. Hanna Wainohu
18. Nola Campbell
19. Miriama Niha
20. Lynley Tierney-Mani
21. Rachel Cooper
22. Priscilla Moke
23. Vicki Logopati
24. Katrina Howard

• Coach: Michael Rawiri
• Trainer: Bob

New Zealand travelled to Great Britain for the Inaugural Women's Rugby League World Cup. New Zealand beat both Great Britain & Ireland and Australia in round matches, and then Australia in a semi-final to play Great Britain & Ireland in the final. New Zealand won the Final 26–4, to win the World Cup.

2003 Kiwi Ferns World Cup Squad

Sharlene Atai (Auckland), Luisa Avaiki (Captain, Auckland), Mere Baker (Canterbury), Elina Beets (Auckland), Tafale Chan Ting (Auckland), Nadene Conlon (Auckland), Sarina Fiso (Auckland), Aimee Gilbert (Wellington), Marion Heather (Auckland), Trish Hina (Wellington), Honey Hireme (Waikato), Annabelle Hohepa (Auckland), Teasha-Lee Leka (Auckland), Bodene Marino (Canterbury), Caroline Marsters, Lorina Papali'i, Rona Peters, Cynthia Ta'ala, Rachel White, Leah Witehira (all Auckland).

2010s

2010 Kiwi Ferns Team

The Kiwi Ferns team for the First Test against England was: Sarina Fiso; Sharlene Ata, Trish Hina, Karley Te Korua, Laura Mariu; Rona Peters, Josephine Leef; Sharnita Woodman, Ana Pereira, Cynthia Ta’ala, Honey Hireme, Maryanne Collins. Interchange: Ebony Low, Akehene Pereira, Maryanne Hemara, Kathleen Keremete. There were four changes to the seventeen for the Second Test, with Bridget Smith, Lorina Papali'i, Charmaine McMenamim and Alisha Moses playing in that match.

2014 Kiwi Ferns Team

The Kiwi Ferns beat the Jillaroos 12 - 8 in a curtain-raiser match ahead of the Four Nations match between the Kangaroos and Samoa at the WIN Stadium in Wollongong, Australia.

2015 Kiwi Ferns Team

The 2015 Anzac Test curtain-raiser match between the Ferns and the Jillaroos was initially to be played on 1 May but was postponed due to bad weather. The match commenced on 3 May at the Suncorp Stadium with the Jillaroos winning the match 22 - 14.

Sources

Coverage of the New Zealand Women's Rugby League team in the following sources is intermittent until the mid-2010s. There are multiple instances of a newspaper publishing details in relation to a match or series in one year, but not of matches in following years.

Acronym	Item	Years	Database App	Notes
Direct Online Access
CT	The Canberra Times	1995	Trove	Match Report.
NZRL	New Zealand Rugby League	1995–present	NZRL website	List of results
VH, VR	Video Highlights, Replay	2008–present	YouTube	Match highlights and or full match replays
Indirect Online Access
NZH	The New Zealand Herald	2003–present	ProQuest	Scores and articles for some matches, player profiles.
TPC	The Press	1996–present	ProQuest	Scores and articles for some matches, player profiles.
DP	Dominion Post	2003–present	ProQuest	Scores and articles for some matches, player profiles.
SS	Sunday Star	1998-2001	ProQuest	Scores and articles for some matches
SN	Sunday News	1997–present	ProQuest	Scores and articles for some matches, player profiles
RLW	Rugby League Week	2002-2017	EBSCOhost	Scores and articles for some matches.
Ind	The Independent	2000	ProQuest	Articles on some 2000 World Cup matches
DT	Daily Telegraph	2003-now	Newsbank	Scores and articles for some matches.
SCD	Sunshine Coast Daily	2008	Newsbank	Good coverage of 2008 World Cup

External links

• NZ Women's Rugby League nzrl.co.nz