SAILI Alena

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020
1	Women	2019
1	Women	2016/2017
2	Women	2018

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS
1	Women	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS
2	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
3	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Langford, BC, CAN
1	Women	2017	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA
1	Women	2018	Dubai, UAE
5	Women	2017	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Clermont-Ferrand, FRA
2	Women	2019	Biarritz, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN
5	Women	2019	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Glendale, CO, USA
1	Women	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Athlete

English

Allan Bunting [national], NZL; Cory Sweeney [national], NZL

Forward (stuff.co.nz, 23 Aug 2018)

She has also represented New Zealand in rugby union [15-a-side], and in U20 touch rugby. (ultimaterugby.com, 01 Jan 2019; stuff.co.nz, 23 Aug 2018)

She took up the sport at Marist Brothers Old Boys Rugby Club in Auckland, New Zealand, in a mixed gender team. "I loved playing against the boys, I just wanted to get out there and smash them." (stuff.co.nz, 05 Sep 2018)

She was inspired watching her mother play rugby at club level. She eventually focused solely on rugby after being involved in several sports growing up. "That's what I've told heaps of kids, not to focus on one thing too early, but actually go out and give everything a go, see what you like. My family have always been competitive, especially my siblings, because we all played together around the same age group. We would always battle it out against each other on the netball court and the rugby field." (stuff.co.nz, 23 Aug 2018)

New Zealand rugby player Portia Woodman. (stuff.co.nz, 23 Aug 2018)