Risi Pouri-Lane

BIOGRAPHY

Risi Pouri-Lane graduated from the New Zealand Women's Development team into the Black Ferns Sevens in 2018.

The former touch and judo representative hails from Motueka where she started playing rugby as 10-year-old. From Motueka High School, Pouri-Lane was an instrumental member of the schools' sevens team that won the Under 18 Trans-Tasman Sevens in 2017.

In 2018 Pouri-Lane was called into the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the Commonwealth Games and sat on the bench during the dramatic gold medal match. Months later she captained the New Zealand Youth Olympic team to a gold medal in Buenos Aires. She was part of the Olympic Gold medal-winning side at the Tokyo Games in 2020.

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Jubilation as New Zealand Women scoop gold in Paris

Michaela Blyde promised a gold medal and New Zealand Women duly delivered in a pulsating Paris final successfully defending their Tokyo title.

New Zealand Women seek strong start in Gold Medal defense

New Zealand's Olympic champion women's Sevens side will start defending their title against China on Monday at 4am (NZT).

SVNS Season Finale: High Stakes and High Hopes in Madrid

The new-look SVNS season concludes this weekend with the top eight men’s and women’s teams battling it out for overall glory in Madrid.

New Zealand Sevens teams named for Singapore

The All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens travel to Singapore this weekend for the last tournament of the regular SVNS Series season.

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High Stakes in Madrid: New Zealand teams gear up for GRAND FINAL

Check out how the New Zealand teams are shaping up for the Grand Final of the…

Black Ferns Sevens go BACK-TO-BACK in North America

The Black Ferns Sevens have backed up their tournament win in Vancouver with…