Portia Woodman

New Zealand's most prolific try-scorer in women's rugby sevens and fifteens — the most electric attacking player in women's rugby, whose pace and finishing ability have made her the sport's most feared attacker.

New Zealand's most prolific try-scorer in women's rugby sevens and fifteens — the most electric attacking player in women's rugby, whose pace and finishing ability have made her the sport's most feared attacker. Rugby union demands physical courage, technical excellence and the ability to execute precise patterns under extreme competitive pressure. Career highlights included Olympic Gold 2016 (Sevens), World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year 2016, 2017, Rugby World Cup 2017 (Fifteens). The measure of a great rugby union athlete is the ability to perform consistently over time, and Portia's record demonstrates precisely that quality of sustained excellence. Few athletes in rugby union combined consistency and peak performance as effectively across the full span of a long and distinguished career. The standard Portia Woodman set across his career in rugby union reflects the level of preparation and competitive focus that consistently separates elite performers from the rest of the field.

Woodman is renowned for her exceptional pace and acceleration, making her devastating on the wing in both sevens and fifteens formats. Her finishing ability in the corner and capacity to beat defenders in tight spaces made her one of the most clinical try-scorers in women's rugby. She combined raw speed with good rugby intelligence and positioning to exploit gaps in opposition defenses.

Woodman helped elevate the profile of women's rugby sevens globally and was instrumental in New Zealand's dominance of the format during her career.

• Olympic Gold 2016 (Sevens)
• World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year 2016, 2017
• Rugby World Cup 2017 (Fifteens)

Club Career

Club	Period	Apps
Auckland	—	—
Northland	—	—
New Zealand	—	50