Portia Woodman

Portia Woodman, born on July twelfth, nineteen ninety-one, is a distinguished New Zealand rugby union and rugby sevens player, as well as a talented netballer. She has made significant contributions to both fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby, representing her country on the international stage with pride.

Woodman was a key member of the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team that clinched a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Her remarkable journey continued as she helped secure gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, marking her as one of the sport's elite athletes. Following her participation in the Paris Olympics, she announced her retirement from international sevens rugby.

In a groundbreaking achievement, Woodman became the first woman to score two hundred tries in the Sevens Series in 2022. This milestone was followed by another historic moment in May twenty twenty-four when she reached two hundred fifty tries. Her prowess on the field further solidified her legacy when, in May twenty twenty-five, she became New Zealand's leading women's fifteen-a-side try scorer of all time.

August twenty twenty-five saw Woodman equal the legendary Doug Howlett's record by scoring her forty-ninth try during the Women's Rugby World Cup match against Spain. This feat made her New Zealand's equal highest try scorer in test rugby, achieving this in just twenty-nine tests compared to Howlett's sixty-three. She then scored her fiftieth try in a match against Japan, officially becoming the highest try scorer in New Zealand rugby history.