Risaleaana Pouri-Lane
New Zealand Olympian: 1477
olympic games
Medals
2
commonwealth games
Medals
5
1
New Zealand Olympian: 1477
EVENT: Rugby Sevens - Women
Risi Pouri-Lane graduated from the New Zealand Women's Development team into the Black Ferns Sevens in 2018.
The former touch and judo representative hails from Motueka where she started playing rugby as 10-year-old.
In 2018 Pouri-Lane was called into the Sevens squad for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and sat on the bench during the dramatic gold medal match. Months later she captained the New Zealand Youth Olympic team to a gold medal in Buenos Aires. She was part of the Olympic Gold medal-winning side at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.