Ladies’s Rugby World Cup stars Braxton Sorensen-McGee and Emblem-I-Pulotu Lemapu-Atai’i Sylvia Brunt have been named within the Black Ferns Sevens’ 15-player squad for worldwide fixtures at Ignite7 in Tauranga this weekend.
After a powerful season with the Blues in Tremendous Rugby Aupiki, Sorensen-McGee scored a first-half double within the inaugural Champions Closing towards the NSW Waratahs, and backed that up with two tries on debut for the Black Ferns towards the Wallaroos in Newcastle.
Sorensen-McGee was topped World Rugby’s Breakthrough Participant of the 12 months after an unbelievable rookie marketing campaign with the Black Ferns, which noticed the now 19-year-old rating 11 tries in six appearances on the World Cup in England.
Brunt was recognised with Participant of the Match honours after New Zealand’s complete 40-0 win over Ireland at Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium throughout the World Cup, which noticed the New Zealanders safe the highest seed out of their pool.
These two 15s gamers will look to make their mark for the Black Ferns Sevens on November 1-2, throughout the Ignite7 match at Tauranga’s Black Park on November 1-2. New Zealand will tackle rivals Australia, Fiji and Japan forward of the brand new HSBC SVNS Collection season.
Kelsey Teneti, Jaymie Kolose, Stacey Waaka, Mahina Paul, Dhys Faleafaga, Keira Su’a-Smith, Justine McGregor, Olive Watherston, Dani Mafoe, Maia Davis, Alena Saili, Jazmin Felix-Hotham and Katelyn Vahaakolo have additionally been chosen.
The All Blacks Sevens have gone with an 18-man squad, together with Southland and Highlanders flyer Michael Manson. SVNS Collection regulars Akuila Rololisoa, Tone Ng Shiu, Brady Rush and Ngarohi McGarvey-Black are amongst these named.
Fletcher Morgan, Kitiona Vai, Kele Lasaga, Regan Ware, Fletcher Carpenter, Sione Molia, Sofai Notoa-Tipo, Scott Gregory, Jayden Keelan, Grady Forbes, Bradley Tocker and Frank Vaenuku carry a mixture of expertise and youth to a squad who continues to cost in direction of the SVNS Collection.
New Zealand’s males’s aspect may even face Australia and Fiji. Whereas these matches in Tauranga will not be capped internationals, it’s superb preparation for all worldwide groups forward of the SVNS Collection season opener in Dubai on November 29-30.
The Ignite7 match itself will see 48 ladies and 48 males athletes compete in a pathway match, permitting the subsequent generational of New Zealand Sevens representatives to showcase their skills on a world rugby stage.
Black Ferns and Black Ferns Sevens legend Kelly Brazier will coach one of many ladies’s groups, whereas All Blacks Sevens icon DJ Forbes will take cost of a males’s workforce. The workforce lists have been confirmed for the ladies’s and males’s Inferno, Bolt, Surge and Energy.
Reigning HSBC SVNS Collection Ladies’s Participant of the 12 months Jorja Miller and All Blacks halfback Noah Hotham are amongst those that have come by means of the Ignite7 pathway, earlier than entering into the skilled ranks in sevens and/or 15s.
Black Ferns Sevens: Kelsey Teneti, Jaymie Kolose, Stacey Waaka, Mahina Paul, Dhys Faleafaga, Keira Su’a-Smith, Justine McGregor, Olive Watherston, Danii Mafoe, Emblem-i-Pulotu Lemapu-Atai’i Sylvia Brunt, Maia Davis, Alena Saili, Jazmin Felix-Hotham, Katelyn Vahaakolo, Braxton Sorensen-McGee.
All Blacks Sevens: Fletcher Morgan, Brady Rush, Tone Ng Shiu, Akuila Rokolisoa, Dylan Collier, Ngarohi McGarvey-Black, Kitiona Vai, Kele Lasaga, Regan Ware, Fletcher Carpenter, Michael Manson, Sione Molia, Sofai Notoa-Tipo, Scott Gregory, Jayden Keelan, Grady Forbes, Bradley Tocker, Frank Vaenuku.
2025 Ignite7 competitors sport schedule
Saturday, 1 November — Day One Sport Schedule
Location: Blake Park, Mt Maunganui
10:00 AM – All Blacks Sevens vs Fiji Males
10:22 AM – Fijiana vs Japan Ladies
10:44 AM – Black Ferns Sevens vs Australia Ladies
11:06 AM – Energy Males vs Inferno Males
11:28 AM – Bolt Ladies vs Surge Ladies
11:50 AM – Inferno Males vs Energy Males
12:12 PM – Surge Males vs Bolt Males
12:34 PM – Break
1:04 PM – Australia Males vs Fiji Males
1:26 PM – Fijiana vs Australia Ladies
1:48 PM – Black Ferns Sevens vs Japan Ladies
2:10 PM – Inferno Ladies vs Energy Ladies
2:32 PM – Energy Males vs Surge Males
2:54 PM – Surge Males vs Inferno Males
3:16 PM – Bolt Males vs Energy Males
3:38 PM – All Blacks Sevens vs Australia Males
4:00 PM – Energy Ladies vs Surge Ladies
4:22 PM – Inferno Ladies vs Bolt Ladies
4:44 PM – Surge Males vs Energy Males
5:06 PM – Bolt Males vs Inferno Males
5:36 PM – Australia Ladies vs Japan Ladies
5:58 PM – Black Ferns Sevens vs Fijiana
6:20 PM – Fiji Males vs Australia Males
Sunday, 2 November — Finals Day Sport Schedule
Location: Blake Park, Mt Maunganui
9:30 AM – Black Ferns Sevens vs Japan Ladies
9:52 AM – Australia Ladies vs Fijiana
10:14 AM – All Blacks Sevens vs Australia Males
10:36 AM – Ignite7 Ladies’s Semi-Closing 1
10:58 AM – Ignite7 Ladies’s Semi-Closing 2
11:20 AM – Ignite7 Males’s Semi-Closing 1
11:42 AM – Ignite7 Males’s Semi-Closing 2
12:04 PM – Break
12:14 PM – Japan Ladies vs Australia Ladies
12:36 PM – Black Ferns Sevens vs Fijiana
12:58 PM – All Blacks Sevens vs Fiji Males
1:20 PM – Break
1:30 PM – Ignite7 Ladies’s Bronze Closing
1:52 PM – Ignite7 Ladies’s Closing
2:14 PM – Ignite7 Males’s Bronze Closing
2:36 PM – Ignite7 Males’s Closing
3:10 PM – Ignite7 Trophy Shows
3:20 PM – Australia Males vs Fiji Males
3:42 PM – Fijiana vs Japan Ladies
4:04 PM – Black Ferns Sevens vs Australia Ladies
