Farah Palmer

Last updated

Dame
Farah Palmer
DNZM
Farah Palmer DNZM (cropped).jpg
Palmer in 2023
Born
Farah Rangikoepa Palmer

(1972-11-27) 27 November 1972 (age 52)
Te Kūiti, New Zealand
Academic background
Education Piopio College
Alma mater University of Otago
Thesis Maori girls, power, physical education, sport, and play: "being hungus, hori, and hoha"  (2000)
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Netherlands Team competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Spain Team competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Canada Team competition

Dame Farah Rangikoepa Palmer DNZM (born 27 November 1972) is a professor at Massey University and a former captain of New Zealand's women's rugby union team, the Black Ferns.

Contents

Youth and early career

Palmer was born in Te Kūiti, New Zealand, and raised in Piopio. While at primary and secondary school, Palmer played netball competitively, and also participated in athletics, swimming, tennis, and cross-country. [1] Although she had played rugby socially before, Palmer started playing regularly after she moved to Otago University to study physical education. [2] She joined the University club in 1992 and that year played her first match for Otago. By 1994 she was playing regularly for Otago. [1] Originally a prop, she changed to hooker. [3]

National team

Palmer first played for New Zealand on 31 August 1996 against Australia in Sydney—a match won 28–5. [1] That year she was also appointed Otago captain and became the captain of the Black Ferns in 1997 with a 67–0 win over England.

In 1997, Palmer moved temporarily to Hamilton and played for Waikato University club as well as representing Waikato. [1] She moved back to Dunedin in 1998 where she played for Alhambra Union. That year she captained the Black Ferns to victory in the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup. [1] [4] That year she was awarded Women's Player of the Year by the New Zealand Rugby Union. She completed her PhD in 2000, [5] and in 2001 moved to Palmerston North to take up a position in sports management at Massey University. There she joined the Kia Toa rugby club. Palmer continued to captain the Black Ferns and led them to a second World Championship in 2002. [1]

In 2005, she missed her first match for the Black Ferns since 1996 due to injury. [1] That year she was awarded International Women's Personality of the Year by the International Rugby Board (IRB). [6] Representing Manawatu, she helped them earn promotion to the national women's championship in 2006, and that year captained the Black Ferns in her third World Cup. After defeating England 25–17 in the final of the 2006 World Cup Palmer announced her retirement from playing. [1] During her time as captain the Black Ferns lost only once, and her 35 Tests for the Black Ferns is the second only to Anna Richards' 49.

Recognition

Palmer was one of six women inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame on 17 November 2014. [7] [8] In 2016, the Women's Provincial Championship was renamed the Farah Palmer Cup in her honour.

In 2016, she was awarded the Manawatu Standard Person of the Year award and was the first woman to win the award. Also in 2016, she was the first woman to be appointed to the board of New Zealand Rugby. [9]

In 2018, Palmer won the Board and Management Award of the 2018 Women of Influence Awards. [10] In 2022, she was awarded the Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service. [11] [12]

Palmer has served on the New Zealand Māori Rugby Board since 2007, and has been a member of the NZ Rugby Board since 2016. [13]

In the 2023 New Year Honours, Palmer was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sport, particularly rugby. [14] [15]

Academic career

Farah Palmer graduated from Otago University with a BPhEd(Hons) in 1994 and a PhD in 2000. [16] In 2014, she conducted research to examine how leadership and culture affect success at rugby. [17]

Personal life

Palmer is a New Zealander of Māori descent (Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato Tainui descent). [18]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Provincial Championship (2006–present)</span> New Zealand rugby union competition

The National Provincial Championship (NPC) is an annual round-robin rugby union competition in men's domestic New Zealand rugby. First played in 1976, it is the second highest level of competition in New Zealand alongside the Ranfurly Shield. It is organised by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and since 2021, it has been known as the Bunnings NPC after Bunnings, its naming rights sponsor. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the Farah Palmer Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Zealand women's national rugby union team</span> National womens rugby union team

The New Zealand women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's international rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won six out of nine Women's Rugby World Cup tournaments.

Kia Toa RFC is a constituent club in the Manawatu province for rugby in New Zealand. It is at the Palmerston North Bowling Club on Linton Street and is one of the oldest clubs in the Manawatu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heartland Championship</span> New Zealand rugby union competition

The Heartland Championship is an annual round-robin rugby union competition in men's domestic New Zealand rugby. First played in 1976, it is the third highest level of competition in New Zealand alongside the Ranfurly Shield. It is organised by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and since 2021, it has been known as the Bunnings Heartland Championship after Bunnings, its naming rights sponsor. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the Farah Palmer Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kelly Brazier</span> New Zealand rugby union player

Kelly Brazier is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens player. She has played flyhalf, centre and fullback for the Black Ferns, New Zealand's women's national rugby team, and has competed at three Rugby World Cups in 2010, 2014, and 2017. She has represented Otago, Canterbury and the Bay of Plenty in the Farah Palmer Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Hirini</span> New Zealand rugby union player

Sarah Hirini is a New Zealand women's rugby union player. She has played fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, as a member of the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team and New Zealand women's national rugby union team. Hirini was captain of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and back-to-back gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. During her time with the team they won the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2022–23 as well as the Sevens league title for the 2023-24 season. She was a member of the fifteen-a-side 2017 and 2021 Black Ferns Rugby World Cup winning squads.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Selica Winiata</span> Rugby player

Selica Winiata is a New Zealand Rugby union player and referee. She plays for the Black Ferns, the Black Ferns Sevens and provincially for the Manawatu Cyclones. She was part of the Black Ferns 2014 and Champion 2017 Rugby World Cup squads. She won a silver medal with the Black Ferns Sevens team at the inaugural women's 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament and a gold medal at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farah Palmer Cup</span>

The Farah Palmer Cup, is the highest level domestic women's rugby union competition in New Zealand and is named after the former Black Ferns captain, Farah Palmer. It is held annually from early July to mid September and managed by the New Zealand Rugby Union, or NZRU. The competition was first introduced in 1999, with a total of fourteen teams competing initially. The number of teams increased to eighteen in the year 2000, but has decreased to as few as six teams, with 13 currently featured. Canterbury are the current holders of the JJ Stewart Trophy, the women's equivalent of the Ranfurly Shield. The Farah Palmer Cup is an amateur competition; players are not paid salaries and hold jobs outside of rugby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tyla King</span> New Zealand international rugby union & league player

Tyla King is a New Zealand international rugby union player, professional rugby league player and Olympian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stacey Waaka</span> New Zealand rugby union player

Stacey Jamie Aroha Kirsten Waaka is a New Zealand rugby league player. She played fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, and was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team and New Zealand Women's National Rugby Union team prior to switching to rugby league in 2024 to play an injury-disrupted season with the Brisbane Broncos. Waaka was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team which won gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She was also a member of the New Zealand fifteen-a-side team which won the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup and the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Sosoli Talawadua is a New Zealand rugby union player. She was part of the Black Ferns champion 2017 Rugby World Cup squad in Ireland. She also plays for Hurricanes Poua in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kennedy Simon</span> New Zealand rugby union player

Kennedy Wailer Tukuafu is a New Zealand rugby union player. She is a loose forward and plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Waikato provincially.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ruahei Demant</span> Rugby player

Devon Ruahei Demant is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her debut for the New Zealand national women's team, the Black Ferns, against Australia in 2018. A utility back, Demant plays as a first five-eighth, second five-eighth or centre. She was named 2022 World Rugby player of the year.

Helen Littleworth is a former New Zealand hockey and rugby union player. She captained New Zealand at the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Kilisitina Moata'ane is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her Black Ferns debut off the bench in a 47–10 victory over Australia in Perth on 10 August 2019.

Janna Vaughan is a New Zealand athlete. She has represented New Zealand in rugby union, rugby league, rugby sevens and Muay Thai.

Kelsey Teneti and is a contracted New Zealand 7srugby union player and athlete.

Montessa Tairakena is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.

Crystal Kaua is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player.

Chyna Hohepa is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens player. She plays Lock for the Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition, and for Waikato provincially. She has also represented New Zealand in sevens and touch.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Akers, Clive. "F. R. Palmer". rugbymuseum.co.nz. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  2. ↑ Howe, Jonathon. "The world-winning ways of Farah Palmer". taiohi.co.nz. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Greatest moments in Otago sport - Number 106". Otago Daily Times Online News . 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Palmer, Farah (2000). Māori girls, power, physical education, sport, and play : "being hungus, hori, and hoha" (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/156.
  6. ↑ "Dr Farah Palmer (Lecturer)". sport-management-and-coaching.massey.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  7. ↑ World Rugby (10 November 2014). "2014 inductee – Farah Palmer" . Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  8. ↑ allblacks.com (19 November 2014). "Former Black Ferns Richards and Palmer inducted into Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Why women must lean into the sports board table". Newsroom. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Women of Influence awards". Stuff . 18 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Josh van der Flier and Ruahei Demant named World Rugby Players of the Year 2022". www.world.rugby. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Ruahei Demant, Wayne Smith, Ruby Tui big winners at glittering rugby awards". 1 News. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Our Board". NZ Rugby. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "New Year honours list 2023". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Dr Farah Palmer honoured with Damehood". allblacks.com. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  16. ↑ Friends, Alumni & (12 January 2023). "Dame Farah Palmer – New Year Honour a chance to shine a light". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  17. ↑ Manawatu Standard, 19 May 2014, Ex-Black Fern to research our women's rugby success, Accessed 1 June 2014
  18. ↑ "Ross Filipo named Māori All Blacks Head Coach and management group confirmed". All Blacks (Official Site). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.