New Zealand star Portia Woodman-Wickliffe has announced she will come out of international retirement and has set her sights on the 2025 World Cup.
Woodman-Wickliffe called time on her career with New Zealand after winning rugby sevens gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The 33-year-old winger rolled back on her initial decision after helping Blues Women to win Sky Super Rugby Aupiki, signing an eight-month contract.
“Each week in campaign I thought about the possibility of how I could potentially go to the World Cup more and more,” Woodman-Wickliffe said.
“I thought about what it would mean to me but most importantly my whanau [family]. I needed time to process everything and making myself available for this team is where I’ve landed. “
Woodman-Wickliffe is the record try-scorer in World Cup history and helped New Zealand to the title in 2017 and 2022.
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Source: BBC
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