New Zealand Māori women's rugby league team

New Zealand Māori women’s rugby league team, also known as Wahine Toa, is a rugby league representative side made up of New Zealand Māori players. The side represents the New Zealand Māori Rugby league. The team has competed in international competition, including Test Matches and the 2003 World Cup. Since 2018 the team has competed in an annual All Stars match, against the Australian Indigenous women’s rugby league team.

New Zealand Māori

Team information
Governing body	New Zealand Māori Rugby League
Head coach	Keith Hanley
Captain	Corban McGregor
Team results
First international
Māori 4–34 Great Britain  (Auckland, New Zealand; 1998)
Biggest win
Māori 44–0 Niue (North Harbour Stadium, Albany; 2003)
Biggest defeat
Māori 0–58 New Zealand  (North Harbour Stadium, Albany; 2003)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first time in 2003)
Best result	Runners-Up

Current squad

The following players were selected and played in the 11 February 2023 match against the Indigenous All Stars.^[1]

Player	Age	Position	NRLW Club	2022 Club	Debut	M	T	G	P
Gayle Broughton	26	Fullback	Parramatta Eels	Mounties	2023	1	0	0	0
Jasmin Strange	20	Wing	Sydney Roosters	Central Coast Roosters	2023	1	1	0	4
Amy Turner	38	Centre	Brisbane Broncos	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	2021	2	2	0	8
Shanice Parker	24	Centre	Newcastle Knights	Newcastle Knights	2021	2	1	0	4
Zali Fay	22	Wing	Parramatta Eels	Cronulla Sharks	2021	2	2	0	8
Zahara Temara	25	Five-eighth	Sydney Roosters	Burleigh Bears	2019	4	0	2	4
Ashleigh Quinlan	28	Halfback	Parramatta Eels	Burleigh Bears	2023	1	0	0	0
Shannon Mato	24	Prop	Gold Coast Titans	North Sydney Bears	2021	3	0	0	0
Brooke Anderson	27	Hooker	Parramatta Eels	Cronulla Sharks	2023	1	0	0	0
Mya Hill-Moana	20	Prop	Sydney Roosters	—	2021	3	0	0	0
Tiana Raftstrand-Smith	19	Second-row	Gold Coast Titans	Burleigh Bears	2022	2	0	0	0
Olivia Kernick	22	Second-row	Sydney Roosters	Central Coast Roosters	2021	2	0	0	0
Destiny Brill	19	Lock	Sydney Roosters	NQ Stars	2023	1	0	0	0
Capri Paekau	—	interchange	—	Akarana Falcons	2020	2	0	0	0
Harata Butler	—	interchange	—	—	2020	2	0	0	0
Laikha Clarke	21	interchange	Gold Coast Titans	Burleigh Bears	2023	1	0	0	0
Aaliyah Paki	—	interchange	—	—	2023	1	0	0	0
Kahu Cassidy	—	interchange	—	Akarana Falcons	2023	1	0	0	0

Note: * = Player's age estimated based on previous articles on various news and rugby league websites.

Results

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Ref.
16 August 1998	Great Britain	4–34	Tour Match	Auckland	T^[2]
Oct 2002	New Zealand	10–36	Test Match		NZRL^[3]
8 August 2003	Australia	14–20	Test Match	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	RLW^[4]
28 September 2003	Australia	24–28	2003 WRLWC	North Harbour Stadium	RLW^[5]
30 September 2003	Niue	44–0			DT^[6]
4 October 2003	Great Britain	10–8			RLR^[7]
8 October 2003	Cook Islands	46–0			RLR^[8]
10 October 2003	Australia	12–4			DT^[9]
12 October 2003	New Zealand	0–58
1 July 2006	New Zealand	12–50	Test Match	Rotorua International Stadium
31 October 2007	Australia	16–20	2 Test Series	Rotorua International Stadium	MD^[10] OFTA^[11]
3 November 2007	Australia	20–4
16 September 2009	Australia	18–14	Test Match		QT^[12]
4 November 2017	New Zealand	12–32	Warm-up Match	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	NZRL^[13]
15 February 2019	Indigenous All Stars	8–4	All Stars Match	AAMI Park	NRL^[14] NRL^[15]
22 February 2020	Indigenous All Stars	4–10	All Stars Match	Cbus Super Stadium	NRL^[16] QRL^[17]
20 February 2021	Indigenous All Stars	24–0	All Stars Match	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	NRL^[18]
12 February 2022	Indigenous All Stars	8–18	All Stars Match	CommBank Stadium	NRL^[19]^[20]
11 February 2023	Indigenous All Stars	16–12	All Stars Match	Rotorua International Stadium	NRL^[21]

See also

• New Zealand women's national rugby league team
• New Zealand Māori rugby league team
• Māori All Blacks

References

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2. "Lionesses band together". Daily Telegraph. 17 August 1998. p. 31.
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6. "SPORT details". Daily Telegraph. 1 October 2003. p. 82.
7. "Women's Rugby League". Rugby League Review. 1 October 2003. p. 8.
8. "Women's Rugby League". Rugby League Review. 1 November 2003. p. 8.
9. "SPORT details". Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2003. p. 97.
10. "'Rugby snobs' prepare to play league for their country". Manly Daily. 20 October 2007. p. 87 – via NewsBank.
11. North, Bill (12 November 2007). "League Of Her Own – Pennell Returns After Back-To-Back Tours". Our Footy Team Archives. Daily Liberal. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
12. Gaskin, Lee (30 September 2009). "Aussie women break Kiwi hold". Queensland Times. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
13. http://www.nzrl.co.nz/fanzone/news/2017/8/kiwi-ferns-to-play-rlwc-warm-up-game-in-hamilton/ ^{[dead link]}
14. Walter, Brad (15 February 2019). "Rota puts personal anguish aside to inspire Maori All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
15. "Match Highlights: Indigenous Women's All Stars v NZ Maori Women's All Stars". NRL. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
16. Gould, Joel (22 February 2020). "Davis-Welsh, Harden lead Indigenous Women's All Stars to glory". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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19. Lenehan, Martin (12 February 2022). "Chapman doubles up as Indigenous All Stars storm home". NRL. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
20. Kennedy, Chris (12 February 2022). "Best in the world: Fullback duel lights up All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
21. Edwards, Colleen (12 February 2023). "Captains' call: 'Those are the moments we're going to take'". NRL. Retrieved 13 February 2023.