The goal now is to build on the momentum of women's rugby nationally at a local junior level.
Women's rugby in New Zealand is growing at a rapid pace.
At the highest level, the Black Ferns are now professionally contracted players while in the Bay of Plenty the game is growing with almost every team fielding new players.
The goal now is to build on that momentum at
junior level, which the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union is doing with the upcoming Bay of Plenty Girls' Under-15 Carnival.
The event, in Papamoa on July 9, will comprise skill development, team challenges and a round robin rugby tournament between the Central, Western and Eastern Bay of Plenty Sub-Unions. The carnival will also be used to identify players for the 2018 Bay of Plenty under-15 representative squad.
Central Bay of Plenty head coach Julie Lewis is calling for girls aged 13 and 14, regardless of whether they have played rugby before, to attend three open trainings in Rotorua over the coming three weeks in preparation for the event.
