New Zealand Māori women's rugby league team

New Zealand Māori women’s rugby league team, also known as Wahine Toa, is a rugby league representative side made up of New Zealand Māori players. The side represents the New Zealand Māori Rugby league. The team has competed in international competition, including Test Matches and the 2003 World Cup. Since 2018 the team has competed in an annual All Stars match, against the Australian Indigenous women’s rugby league team.

New Zealand Māori
Team information
Governing bodyNew Zealand Māori Rugby League
Head coachKeith Hanley
CaptainCorban McGregor
Team results
First international
Māori 4–34 Great Britain 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 1998)
Biggest win
Māori 44–0 Niue
(North Harbour Stadium, Albany; 2003)
Biggest defeat
Māori 0–58 New Zealand 
(North Harbour Stadium, Albany; 2003)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first time in 2003)
Best resultRunners-Up

Current squad

The following players were selected to play in the February 2022 match against the Indigenous All Stars.[1][2]

Pos. Player Age NRLW Club 2021 Club
FullbackBotille Vette-Welsh25 Parramatta Eels Wests Tigers
Wing, CentreJocephy Daniels24* Parramatta Eels Mounties
Centre, Second-rowTiana Raftstrand-Smith18* Gold Coast Titans Burleigh Bears
CentreCorban Baxter27 Sydney Roosters Cronulla Sharks
Wing, FullbackAutumn-Rain Stephens-Daly25* Newcastle Knights
Five-eighthRaecene McGregor24 2020 Brisbane Broncos Wests Tigers
HalfbackZahara Temara24 Sydney Roosters Burleigh Bears
PropShannon Mato23 Gold Coast Titans North Sydney Bears
HookerNita Maynard29 Sydney Roosters North Sydney Bears
PropRona Peters33 Gold Coast Titans Souths Logan Magpies
Second-rowRoxette Mura29* Brisbane Broncos Central Coast Roosters
Second-rowOlivia Kernick20* Sydney Roosters Central Coast Roosters
LockKennedy Cherrington23 Parramatta Eels Cronulla Sharks
interchange, PropMya Terehia Hill-Moana19* Sydney Roosters North Sydney Bears
interchange, HookerKrystal Rota36 Newcastle Knights
interchange, Second-rowRangimarie Edwards-Bruce24 Newcastle Knights Stars
interchange, LockLavinia Gould38 Brisbane Broncos Valleys Diehards
interchange, WingKatelyn Vaha'akolo20* Newcastle Knights
interchangePage McGregor22 St George Illawarra Wests Tigers

Note: * = Player's age estimated based on previous articles on various news and rugby league websites.

Results
DateOpponentScoreTournamentVenueRef.
16 August 1998 Great Britain
4–34
Tour Match AucklandT[3]
Oct 2002 New Zealand
10–36
Test MatchNZRL[4]
8 August 2003 Australia
14–20
Test Match Suncorp Stadium, BrisbaneRLW[5]
28 September 2003 Australia
24–28
2003 WRLWC North Harbour StadiumRLW[6]
30 September 2003 Niue
44–0
DT[7]
4 October 2003 Great Britain
10–8
RLR[8]
8 October 2003 Cook Islands
46–0
RLR[9]
10 October 2003 Australia
12–4
DT[10]
12 October 2003 New Zealand
0–58
1 July 2006 New Zealand
12–50
Test Match Rotorua International Stadium
31 October 2007 Australia
16–20
2 Test Series Rotorua International StadiumMD[11] OFTA[12]
3 November 2007 Australia
20–4
16 September 2009 Australia
18–14
Test MatchQT[13]
4 November 2017 New Zealand
12–32
Warm-up Match Waikato Stadium, HamiltonNZRL[14]
15 February 2019 Indigenous All Stars
8–4
All Stars Match AAMI ParkNRL[15] NRL[16]
22 February 2020 Indigenous All Stars
4–10
All Stars Match Cbus Super StadiumNRL[17] QRL[18]
20 February 2021 Indigenous All Stars
24–0
All Stars Match Queensland Country Bank StadiumNRL[19]
12 February 2022 Indigenous All Stars
8–18
All Stars Match CommBank StadiumNRL[20][21]

See also

References
  1. "2022 Harvey Norman All Stars teams announced". NRL. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. Walter, Brad (1 February 2022). "Indigenous, Maori name powerful squads for All Stars showpiece". NRL. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. "Lionesses band together". Daily Telegraph. 17 August 1998. p. 31.
  4. "Kiwi Ferns – Past Results". NZRL. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  5. Marshall, Matt. "Short Passes". Rugby League Week. Sydney: Bauer Media Group (13 August 2003): 4.
  6. "Scoreboard". Rugby League Week. Sydney: Bauer Media Group (1 October 2003).
  7. "SPORT details". Daily Telegraph. 1 October 2003. p. 82.
  8. "Women's Rugby League". Rugby League Review. 1 October 2003. p. 8.
  9. "Women's Rugby League". Rugby League Review. 1 November 2003. p. 8.
  10. "SPORT details". Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2003. p. 97.
  11. "'Rugby snobs' prepare to play league for their country". Manly Daily. 20 October 2007. p. 87 – via NewsBank.
  12. North, Bill (12 November 2007). "League Of Her Own – Pennell Returns After Back-To-Back Tours". Our Footy Team Archives. Daily Liberal. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  13. Gaskin, Lee (30 September 2009). "Aussie women break Kiwi hold". Queensland Times. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  14. http://www.nzrl.co.nz/fanzone/news/2017/8/kiwi-ferns-to-play-rlwc-warm-up-game-in-hamilton/
  15. Walter, Brad (15 February 2019). "Rota puts personal anguish aside to inspire Maori All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  16. "Match Highlights: Indigenous Women's All Stars v NZ Maori Women's All Stars". NRL. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  17. Gould, Joel (22 February 2020). "Davis-Welsh, Harden lead Indigenous Women's All Stars to glory". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  18. "Match Highlights: Indigenous All Stars v Maori Ferns". QRL. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  19. "Match Highlights: Indigenous Women v Maori Women". NRL. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  20. Lenehan, Martin (12 February 2022). "Chapman doubles up as Indigenous All Stars storm home". NRL. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  21. Kennedy, Chris (12 February 2022). "Best in the world: Fullback duel lights up All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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