New Zealand women at the Rugby World Cup
The New Zealand women's national rugby union team, also known as the Black Ferns, have played 38 matches so far in eight of nine Women's Rugby World Cup tournaments in 1991, and from 1998 to 2021. They did not participate in the 1994 World Cup in Scotland due to a late cancellation.
They have won the 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017, and the 2021 tournaments.[1] They are the only team to have won four back-to-back World Cup's — 1998 to 2010.[2] Their worst performance was in 2014 when they lost their only match in the pool stage to Ireland and missed out on the semi-finals for the first time.[1][3][4] They have made it to at least the semi-finals at all the other tournaments.
New Zealand hosted their first Women's Rugby World Cup which washeld from 8 October to 12 November 2022 in Auckland and Whangārei. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first time that a country in the Southern Hemisphere has ever hosted a Rugby World Cup.[5] The Black Ferns won their sixth title after defeating England in the final.[6][7][8]
By position[edit]
| Rugby World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Squad | |||||||||||
 1991
|
Third place* | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 21 | Squad | |||||||||||
 1994 |
Did not participate due to late tournament cancellation | ||||||||||||||||||
 1998 |
Champions† | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 344 | 32 | Squad | |||||||||||
 2002 |
Champions† | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 12 | Squad | |||||||||||
 2006 |
Champions† | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 34 | Squad | |||||||||||
 2010 |
Champions† | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 33 | Squad | |||||||||||
 2014 |
Fifth place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 245 | 37 | Squad | |||||||||||
 2017 |
Champions† | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 61 | Squad | |||||||||||
 2021 |
Champions† | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 87 | Squad | |||||||||||
| 2025 |
Qualified | ||||||||||||||||||
 2029 |
TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
 2033
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Champions† | 38 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1,749 | 317 | Squad | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
1991 Rugby World Cup[edit]
Pool Stage[edit]
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 14 |
| Canada
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 33 |
| Wales
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 33 |
Cup Semi-final[edit]
1998 Rugby World Cup[edit]
Pool Stage[edit]
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 6 | 1st |
| Scotland
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 84 | 7th |
 Italy
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 11th |
 Germany
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 168 | 15th |
Knockout stage[edit]
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
2002 Rugby World Cup[edit]
Pool Stage[edit]
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table
points |
Overall
ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 1 | New Zealand
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 3 | 6 | 1st |
| 2 | Australia
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 36 | 4 | 8th |
| 3 | Wales
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 30 | 4 | 9th |
| 4 | Germany
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 194 | 2 | 16th |
Knockout stage[edit]
Semi-final
Final
2006 Rugby World Cup[edit]
Pool Stage[edit]
| Pool A ⇔ Pool D | |||||||
| Pool | Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | New Zealand
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 7 | 14 |
| D | Canada
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 71 | 10 |
| D | Scotland
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 38 | 10 |
| D |  Samoa
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 69 | 5 |
| A | Spain
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 115 | 4 |
| A |  Kazakhstan
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 97 | 0 |
Knockout stage[edit]
Semi-final
Final
2010 Rugby World Cup[edit]
Pool Stage[edit]
| Po | Nation | Pl | Wo | Dr | Lo | Pf | Pa | Pd | Tf | Ta | Bp | Tp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 16 | +112 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Australia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 44 | +49 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 |  South Africa
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 127 | −109 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Wales
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 82 | −52 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 August 2010 |
| New Zealand | 55–3 | South Africa |
| Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, S.E. England Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland) |
Knockout stage[edit]
Semi-final
Final
2014 Rugby World Cup[edit]
Pool Stage[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 80 | 36 | +44 | 1 | 13 |
| New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 127 | 25 | +102 | 3 | 11 |
| United States
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 2 | 6 |
| Kazakhstan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 166 | −149 | 0 | 0 |
Knockout stage[edit]
5th–8th Place Playoff (Semi-final)
5th Place Playoff
| 17 August 2014 14:15 |
| New Zealand | 55–5 | United States |
| Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France Referee: Helen O'Reilly |
2017 Rugby World Cup[edit]
Pool Stage[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 213 | 17 | +196 | 3 | 15 |
| Canada
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 118 | 48 | +70 | 1 | 9 |
| Wales
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 1 | 5 |
 Hong Kong
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 258 | −243 | 0 | 0 |
Knockout stage[edit]
Semi-final
Final
2021 Rugby World Cup[edit]
Pool Stage[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | T | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 29 | +125 | 26 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Australia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Wales
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 84 | −47 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Scotland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 89 | −62 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Knockout stage[edit]
Quarter-final
| 29 October 2022 |
| New Zealand | 55–3 | Wales |
| Northland Events Centre, Whangārei Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa) |
Semi-final
Final[edit]
Overall record[edit]
Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:
| Country | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 25 | +84 | 100% |
| Canada
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 20 | +118 | 100% |
| England
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 110 | +66 | 100% |
| France
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 41 | +99 | 100% |
| Germany
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 6 | +245 | 100% |
| Hong Kong
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | +120 | 100% |
| Ireland
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 17 | –3 | 0% |
| Kazakhstan
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 5 | +74 | 100% |
| Samoa
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | +50 | 100% |
| Scotland
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0 | +154 | 100% |
| South Africa
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | +52 | 100% |
| Spain
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | +43 | 100% |
| United States
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 178 | 39 | +139 | 80% |
| Wales
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 48 | +235 | 100% |
| Total | 38 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1,794 | 317 | +1,477 | 94.28% |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "History - Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ Royen, Robert van (2021-10-30). "Ten memorable moments in Black Ferns history ahead of 100th test". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Black Ferns defeated by Ireland at World Cup". Stuff. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Ireland stun champions New Zealand". BBC Sport. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "About Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ Julian, Adam (2022-11-12). "Black Ferns crowned Rugby World Cup champions". allblacks.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- ^ "Rugby World Cup: Black Ferns win final against England by three points". RNZ. 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- ^ Foote, Stephen; Chapman, Grant (2022-11-12). "Rugby World Cup: Black Ferns defend world crown in pulsating final against England". Newshub. Retrieved 2022-11-12.