![]() Risaleaana (Risi) Pouri-Lane speaks to media at the 2023 Hong Kong Sevens | |||||||||||
Full name | Risealeaana Pouri-Lane | ||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 May 2000 | ||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) [1] | ||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||
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Medal record |
Risealeaana "Risi" Pouri-Lane (born 28 May 2000) [3] is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She captained the 2018 Youth Olympics squad that won gold in Buenos Aires. She also won gold medals with the Black Ferns sevens team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Pouri-Lane captained the New Zealand sevens team as they won gold at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. [4] She then joined the Black Ferns Sevens team and won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [5]
Pouri-Lane won a gold medal with the Black Ferns Sevens at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. [4] She was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [6] [7] She won a bronze medal at the event. [8] [9] She later won a silver medal at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [10] [11] [12]
On 20 June 2024 it was announced that she had been selected as a member of the New Zealand Women’s Rugby Sevens team for the Paris Olympics. [13]
Pouri-Lane is of Māori descent and affiliates to the Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata, Ngāi Tahu iwi. [14] She attended Motueka High School where she graduated in 2017.