A review has found cultural insensitivity in the management of New Zealand’s Black Ferns
WELLINGTON – New Zealand Rugby’s chief executive says the governing body has “to do better” after coaches were found to have made culturally insensitive comments to the country’s top women players and indulged in favouritism and body-shaming.
The findings were in an independent “cultural and environmental” review of the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women’s team, sparked by allegations from hooker Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate.
She alleged in December on Instagram that she had suffered a mental breakdown because of critical comments made by head coach Glenn Moore.
The post was made shortly after the Black Ferns’ disastrous 2021 tour of the…
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