Kendra Cocksedge was first recognised in 2006 with selection for the Taranaki and Hurricanes Schools, where her resourceful, intuitive halfback play, allround skills and goalkicking ability first came to the fore.   

Among her many gongs. Kendra was awarded World Rugby Women’s Player of the Year in 2015 and 2018, New Zealand Rugby Women’s Player of the Year, and broke through the glass ceiling to be the first female recipient of the Kelvin Tremain Memorial Trophy as the top player in the New Zealand game .  

Since debuting for the Black Ferns in 2007 as a teenager, Cocksedge has gone on to win three Rugby World Cups, in 2010 and 2017, and 2022 as well as clinching a Rugby World Cup Sevens crown in 2013.  

She’s recently retired from Test rugby as the most-capped Black Fern of all-time following the team's 34-31 victory over England in the Rugby World Cup final. 

Kendra Cocksedge was Simon Barnett and James Daniels' guest for this week's Six and a Song.  

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