Portia Woodman


Portia Woodman is a New Zealand rugby union player. She is currently a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team.

Netball

Woodman played netball for the Northern Mystics before switching to rugby union in 2012.

Rugby career

Woodman debuted for the Black Ferns in 2013 against. She was included in the squad that won the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia.
In 2015, Woodman was named the World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year.
She was named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad. The Black Ferns won the World Cup. Woodman was a dominant player in all their games except the last.
A gold medal winner at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Personal life

Woodman comes from a sporting background with both her father, Kawhena, and her uncle, Fred Woodman being former All Blacks. Her aunt Te Aroha Keenan is a former Silver Fern. Of Māori descent, Woodman affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.