Top 5 Female Players

With women's rugby growing and becoming more competitive, There is still some fantastic talent here that goes unnoticed.

5. Portia Woodman

Currently a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team, Portia used to play for the Northern Mystics netball team before she switched to rugby union in 2012 and making her debut for the Black Ferns in 2013. She was also a part of the squad that won the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia.

4. Emily Scarratt

Scarratt plays either centre or fullback for Lichfield and England with her debut for the national team being in 2008 and scoring 12 tries in 12 games. She plays XV's but also in Sevens as well with also scoring 12 tries and taking part in several tournaments. She had taken part in the World cup scoring a total of 70 points and scoring 16 points in the final against Canada.

3. Cheryl Soon

Former player for Australia and member of the squad in the 2010 World Cup that finished third. Soon also captained Australia Women's team in the 2009 Sevens World Cup with them being the victors.

2. Ana Poghosian

Women's rugby in Georgia is underdeveloped and there are not many female Georgian rugby players. However their Sevens team were quite successful in Europe and Ana was the captain of the squad and had also awarded for being a true leader and inspiration for the country and sport for 2 years.

1. Kendra Cocksedge

Currently in the Black Ferns, Kendra was been in the World cup squad for 2010 and 2014. In 2015 she was the top point scorer with 26 points in the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series and received New Zealand's Women's Player of the Year at the end of 2015.