New Zealand's Woodman-wickliffe Reverses Retirement

New Zealand prima Portia Woodman-Wickliffe has announced she will travel retired of world status and has group her sights connected nan 2025 World Cup.

Woodman-Wickliffe called clip connected her profession pinch New Zealand aft winning rugby sevens golden astatine nan 2024 Paris Olympics.

The 33-year-old winger rolled backmost connected her first determination aft helping Blues Women to triumph Sky Super Rugby Aupiki, signing an eight-month contract.

"Each week successful run I thought astir nan anticipation of really I could perchance spell to nan World Cup much and more," Woodman-Wickliffe said.

"I thought astir what it would mean to maine but astir importantly my whanau [family]. I needed clip to process everything and making myself disposable for this squad is wherever I've landed."

Woodman-Wickliffe is nan grounds try-scorer successful World Cup history and helped New Zealand to nan title successful 2017 and 2022.

She was named by World Rugby arsenic sevens Player of nan Year successful 2015, Women's Player of nan Year (XVs) successful 2017 and apical women's sevens Player of nan Decade successful 2020.