Celebrating our National Rugby Team, The Black Ferns
The Black Ferns
are New Zealands premier womens rugby team and the most dominant team in all of rugby with Rugby World Cup titles in 1998, 2002 2006, 2010 and 2017 and 2021 (played in 2022). They have one of the best winning percentages in international rugby, with victory in over 85 percent of their Tests.
The Black Ferns
successful 2017 season was a landmark one for womens rugby with the Black Ferns becoming the first womens team to ever be named the World Rugby Team of the Year.
In 2022, the Black Ferns
captured the imagination of Aotearoa when they lifted the Rugby World Cup on home soil for the first time. Playing in front of a world record crowd of 42,000 for womens rugby, the Black Ferns
edged England 34-31 in a thrilling final.
Kouma- Breast Plate - signifies strength and protection in battle. Today they still hold this symbolism but more as a representative scale.
Koru- The Māori word for bright or loop. It refers to the shoots of the silver fern. The circular movement to the inner core refers to "going back to the beginnings". The unfurling frond itself is symbolic for new life, new beginnings, hope, personal growth, purity, nurturing, a new phase in life, the spirit of rejuvenation and peace.
Traditionally these were carved from Whale bone, however these days many bone carvings are made from cattle bone as it is an ethically abundant source.
Imported product - Designed in New Zealand reflecting our Pacifica culture.
All carvings are packaged in a Black Ferns
display case with a hologram authenticity sticker and meaning card. They are hand bound in our Bespoke Black Ferns
Cord.
