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Women’s Rugby

Leading Seaman Lydia Kavoa, from Navy People Branch, in her ACT Brumbies uniform. Story and photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.
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Sailor destined for rugby greatness

13/04/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1460 Views 0 Comments Women's Rugby

Running onto the field for her ACT Brumbies debut in her father’s homeland of Fiji topped a stunning code switch

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Action from the first ever women's International Defence Rugby Competition, a 15-a-side rugby tournament hosted by New Zealand. NZDF photo.
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France wins inaugural women’s International Defence Rugby Competition

27/10/202227/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2330 Views 0 Comments Women's Rugby

France has taken the honours in the first women’s International Defence Rugby Competition (IDRC) following an arm-wrestle final with New

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New Zealand Defence Ferns showed their prowess by thrashing NZ Police Women 80-0 in 2020. NZDF photo by Corporal Vanessa Parker.
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Inaugural women’s International Defence Rugby Competition

24/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2738 Views 0 Comments Women's Rugby

The New Zealand Defence Force will next month welcome military women’s rugby teams from the Pacific and around the world

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