And hopefully this will inspire more to join their local rugby club.
''But now they can make it and we're showing them that it can be done. ''There was no pathway for me growing up, there was no Northland Kauri team (that now plays in the Farrah Palmer Cup) and that's why I wanted to be an All Black,'' Marino-Tauhinu said. (It's saying to them) that if you want to you can follow your dreams and that you can make it with hard work and there is a path for you if you want it. ''I felt really proud though and proud for all the young girls up here and knowing that they can see that there is a pathway for them.
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There'll be plenty of whanau and friends in the stands on Saturday backing Marino-Tauhinu and the rest of the Black Ferns, and while there's been plenty of requests for free tickets, she's urged them to buy tickets instead to support the team and the competition. Marino-Tauhinu said she never expected at that stage to one day play for the national women's rugby team, but that was only because women's rugby wasn't the big deal it is today.Īnd the girl who went to Okaihau College and played for the Ōhaeawai Rugby Club is urging Northlanders to get behind her and the team at the Northland Events Centre on Saturday as they take on Scotland in a crucial Women's Rugby World Cup match. Photo / Michael CunninghamĬaptaining the Black Ferns in her home province is a huge honour for Northlander Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu, but as a young girl she dreamed of one day becoming an All Black.
New Black Ferns captain Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu, from Northland, wants the region to turn up on Saturday to support the team in a crucial Women's Rugby World Cup match.
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