College Rifles Rugby Football Club

Rocky Khan

Date of Birth: 06/05/1989

Representative Teams

All Black 7s
Auckland 7s

Position: Fullback

Biography: An exciting young player and the first of Asian descent to pull on a black jersey. He stepped up to the plate in 2013 on debut at the Wellington Sevens and scored with one of his first touches of the ball. He played a valuable back-up role to Tomasi Cama, taking over the veteran playmaker’s duties when injury forced him out of the Hong Kong and Tokyo tournaments.

Kiritapu Demant

Date of Birth: 08/10/1996

Representative Teams

NZ Black Ferns
Auckland

Position: Halfback

Biography: Demant goes from strength to strength and in 2015 made the step up to the national stage. The young Demant has been playing senior and first class rugby since 2013 and made her Women's Provincial Championship debut while still at Epsom Girls Grammar. Extremely quickly, she was part of the Auckland Women's Sevens team that picked up the national title at the 2015 Bayleys National Sevens in Rotorua. She is one of a number of new players to earn her first selection into the National Fifteens team in 2015.

Lesley Ketu

Date of Birth: 10/01/1987

Representative Teams

NZ Black Ferns
Waikato

Position: Loose Forward

Biography: Fast, determined and reliable, Lesley Ketu made a welcome return to top-level rugby last year after a long break from the game. In 2014 Ketu was a start for every WPC match for Waikato on the openside flank as Waikato progressed to the Final for the first time since re-joining the WPC in 2012. She was also named in Waikato’s 2014/15 sevens squad, with selectors attracted by her speed and ability to pick and go. She had previously appeared in Waikato squads as a teenager in 2004 and 2005. During her time away from rugby, Ketu earned a Bachelor’s degree in Management Studies at Waikato University.

Claire Richardson

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Representative Teams

New Zealand Black Ferns

Position: Centre

Biography: Claire Richardson rejoined the Black Ferns in 2012 for the first time since 2007 after a strong season with Otago in the Women’s Provincial Championship where she extended her record points tally for the province. Although she has played much of her rugby at fullback, Richardson is a skilled midfielder and frequently causes problems for her opponents with her accuracy and precision in both defence and attack.

Anna Richards

Date of Birth: 03/12/1964

Representative Teams

New Zealand Black Ferns
New Zealand Womens Sevens
New Zealand Womens Touch

Position: First Five-Eighths

Biography: Anna Richards is the most capped Black Ferns player. She has achieved much on the rugby field, including winning Women's Rugby World Cup gold medals in 1998, 2002 and 2006, celebrating success in the Canada Cup in 1996, 2002 and 2005 and she was a member of the 2004 Churchill Cup-winning side. Her distinguished career also includes club rugby stints in Italy and England. She is an all-round sportswoman who has represented New Zealand in Sevens and touch rugby. She has also played provincial netball for Canterbury.