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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Infobox rugby team The Blues Women's team (known as the nib Blues Women for sponsorship reasons)[1] is a New Zealand professional women's rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.[2]

History

Historic clash

On 1 May 2021, the Blues and Chiefs women's teams created history when they played in the first-ever women's Super Rugby match in New Zealand. The Blues hosted the Chiefs women at Eden Park in a double header before the Super Rugby Aotearoa round 10 match between their men's teams.[3] It was to be a one-off match in 2021, but both franchises expressed their commitment to developing a Super Rugby team for women in the future.[4]

The teams played for the 'Waipuea Women's Rugby Taonga' trophy. The name was derived from the words Wai (for Waikato, Waitemata water, river and sea) and Puea (for winds that carry korero – a conversation or meeting – over land, mountains and sea). Eloise Blackwell, who was named the Blues captain for the historic match, unveiled the trophy with Шаблон:Rut captain Patrick Tuipulotu on the Sky Tower.[5]

Willie Walker was appointed to coach the Blues Women's team and named the match day squad on 29 April 2021.[6][7] The Blues women lost the historic match 12–39.[8]

Super Rugby Aupiki announced

New Zealand Rugby announced on 6 October 2021, that an elite women's competition called Super Rugby Aupiki was confirmed for March 2022.[9][10][11] The competition would run for four weeks and the women would be paid for their participation.[12][13][11]

Inaugural squad and Coach named

The Blues women released a list of player signings along with the other three teams in November 2021.[14][15] Willie Walker was named as Head Coach, and his assistant coaches were Mel Bosman and James Semple.[16]

Inaugural season

The Blues Women's opening match was cancelled due to Hurricanes Poua forced withdrawal due to COVID cases and isolation requirements within their squad. The Blues and Hurricanes Poua shared the competition points with the match being called a draw.[17][18][19] The Blues finally made their long-awaited Super Rugby Aupiki debut against Matatū, they ran in three tries in their 21–10 victory.[20][21][22] The Blues final match was against the Chiefs Manawa, the two sides having last met in the historic clash the year before. The Blues were left scoreless as the Chiefs showed their dominance in the 35–0 outcome.[23][24][25]

Current squad

On 28 November 2023, the squad for the 2024 Super Rugby Aupiki season was announced.[26][27]

Blues Super Rugby Aupiki squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Halfbacks (scrum-halves)

First five-eighths (fly-halves)

Midfielders (centres)

Outside backs

(cc) Denotes team co-captains, Bold denotes internationally capped, SP denotes a shadow player and ST indicated short-term cover.
Шаблон:Notelist

Current coaches and management

Blues named their coaching group for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki.[16]

  • Head Coach: Willie Walker
  • Assistant Coach: Melodie Bosman
  • Assistant Coach: James Semple
  • Manager: Dean Watkins
  • Physio: Georgia Milne
  • Campaign Coordinator: Stacey Addenbrooke

Captain

Captain Period Refs
Шаблон:Flagdeco Eloise Blackwell 2021 [28]
Шаблон:Flagdeco Aroha Savage 2022 [29][30]
Шаблон:Flagdeco Ruahei Demant 2023 [31]

Coach

Blues Women coaches by date, matches and win percentage*
Coach Period Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr Шаблон:Abbr
Шаблон:Flagdeco Willie Walker 2022– 8 2 1 5 25%
Totals (2022–present)Шаблон:Ref 8 2 1 5 25%
Updated to: 25 March 2023

Notes:

Шаблон:Note Official Super Rugby Aupiki competition matches only, including finals.

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Super Rugby Aupiki Шаблон:Blues women's squad