Black Ferns

New Zealand rugby team

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The Black Ferns are the New Zealand women's national rugby union team. They are one of the most successful teams in women's international rugby, having won the Women's Rugby World Cup multiple times, including in 1998 and 2002. The New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) has supported the team with leading coaches and training facilities, operating the game in a professional manner similar to the men's game. Rugby is a sport deeply ingrained in New Zealand's national identity, with the national team, the All Blacks, performing the traditional Māori war dance, the haka, before matches.1234

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…national team, known as the Black Ferns, who won both the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. The Black Ferns’ success can be attributed to the NZRFU’s providing the national team with leading coaches and training facilities, as well as operating the game in a professionalized manner not dissimilar to the…
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…national team, known as the Black Ferns, who won both the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. The Black Ferns’ success can be attributed to the NZRFU’s providing the national team with leading coaches and training facilities, as well as operating the game in a professionalized manner not dissimilar to the…
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