Portia Woodman

EVENT: Rugby Sevens – Women

Portia Woodman is an Olympic gold and silver medallist, having won gold as a member of the New Zealand women's sevens team at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Rio 2016.

Woodman is one of the most recognisable players in women's sevens, as the leading try scorer on World Series.

Having transitioned from wing to a strike prop, Woodman has pace, strength and determination that make her world class.

Woodman has been recognised on the global stage with the 2015 World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year Award and in 2017 was named World Rugby Women's Player of the Year. In 2020 she was named as the top women's sevens player of the decade.

Suffering back-to-back injuries in 2018 and 2019 saw Woodman out of the game for a lengthy stretch but she returned to the field in 2020 with her trademark pace.