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FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME

WITH SEVERAL WORLD CUP CAMPAIGNS UNDER HER BELT, A WORLD RUGBY PLAYER OF THE YEAR TITLE, AND BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE THE KEL TREMAIN MEMORIAL TROPHY IN 2018, BLACK FERN KENDRA COCKSEDGE HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED SO MUCH IN THE SPORT SHE LOVES.

YET, EACH YEAR THE HALFBACK KEEPS COMING BACK FOR MORE. CURRENTLY SITTING ON 47 CAPS, COCKSEDGE HAS SET HER SIGHTS ON REACHING 50 CAPS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S NATIONAL RUGBY TEAM, WHICH WOULD SEE HER BECOME ONLY THE SECOND BLACK FERN DO SO AFTER FIAO'O FAAMAUSILI (57 CAPS).

MICHELLE CURRAN SPOKE TO COCKSEDGE, ABOUT WHAT INSPIRES HER TO STAY AT THE TOP OF HER GAME AND KEEP GIVING HER ALL TO THE SPORT.

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