Good sport
It’s been eight months since the mighty Black Ferns lifted the Rugby World Cup, but a day doesn’t go by that Joanah Ngan-Woo gets asked about her hand.
It was during the nail-biting last minutes of the final against England when she won the hearts of people around the country by swiping the ball away during a lineout, securing the win for New Zealand.
As cheers erupted in the stadium and in front of TVs around the country, the 27-year-old policy analyst became a part of rugby history. The feat won her team the Sporting Moment of the Year at the Halberg Awards and Joanah a whole new legion of fans.
“I can’t go a day without hearing it, like every single day, and I just laugh,” says Joanah. “People at the airport,