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New Zealand's Woodman-Wickliffe Retires for Second Time
Portia Woodman-Wickliffe retires at 34 as the Black Ferns' all-time top try scorer in sevens and 15s, holding World Cup and Olympic titles, officials confirmed.
- On Thursday, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe announced her retirement at age 34, and the Black Ferns confirmed the decision on social media.
- Marked by multiple top awards, Woodman-Wickliffe came out of a short retirement to play at last year's Women's World Cup in Britain and won Olympic sevens gold at Tokyo and Paris.
- Her accolades include being named the women's sevens player of the decade in 2020 and playing 241 times on the World Sevens Series, scoring 256 tries.
- Woodman-Wickliffe departs having scored the most tries for the Black Ferns in both sevens and XVs, with a 13-try record at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup and two Rugby World Cup wins.
- From a rugby family—her father Kawhena and uncle Fred Woodman were All Blacks—and she switched to rugby in 2012, competing at Rio 2016, with sevens activity continuing into 2024.
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New Zealand's two-time Olympic rugby gold medalist Woodman-Wickliffe retires, again
New Zealand women’s rugby star Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is retiring for a second time aged 34. The two-time World Women’s Player of the Year won gold medals in rugby sevens at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics.
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