Ruby Tui makes a welcome return to the Black Ferns Sevens team. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES
New Zealand Women's Sevens Player of the Year Ruby Tui (Bay of Plenty) returns to the Black Ferns Sevens team for this weekend's Langford Sevens, as the defending champions look for back-to-back victories on the World Series circuit.
Tui's return, and the inclusion of Waikato's Terina Te Tamaki, are the
only changes to the team that secured gold at the Kitakyushu Sevens last month.
"Ruby's energy has been amazing, and her challenge will be to control that this weekend. It's great to have her back, she adds so much off the field and on, and really enhances our environment," said coach Allan Bunting.
Te Tamaki is set to take the field in her ninth tournament, her first appearance this series, Bunting said.
"T has been in our programme for a while now and she knows what it means to get out there, put that jersey on and represent this team. There are some good players in her position so it's been quite challenging for her this year, but this is a great opportunity for her to get out there and express herself in the black jersey."
