New Zealand women's 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 won the Women's Rugby League World Cup in 2000, 2003 and 2008. Current squad. Squad for the October 2019 Test Match versus Australia: Coaches. Also see "." The current coach of the New Zealand team is Ricky Henry, who replaced Justin Morgan in 2020. Morgan had been the coach since 2018. Results. Full  internationals. Upcoming Fixtures: Head to Head Records. Table last updated 24 March 2022. Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points. History. 1990s. The Kiwi Ferns were formed in 1995. 1995 Inaugural Kiwi Ferns Team 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: 1997 Kiwi Ferns Team NZ host Australia . NZ win both International Test games. NZ remain undefeated for 4 Tests in a row. 1998 Kiwi Ferns Team NZ host travelling team Great Britain Lionesses and NZ win all 3 test matches bri g  their undefeated tally to 7 in a row. 1999 Kiwi Ferns Team Australia toured for 3 games. NZ won the first 2 but lost the last test ending their 9 test undefeated streak. Australias first International win. 2000s. 2000 World Cup Kiwi Ferns Squad NZ travel to Great Britain for the Inaugural Women's Rugby League World Cup. NZ beat both Gt Britain and Australia and then play Australia in the semis with a win to play Gt Britain in the final and win the World Cup 26–4. 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 Papalii, 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.