17 Jun 2025

Women's rugby and its players - a new documentary

From Nine To Noon, 9:49 am on 17 June 2025
Documentary maker Lisa Bird filming

Photo: SSCA

The determination of aspiring female rugby players in Taranaki is at the heart of a new documentary by Lisa Burd for this year's Doc Edge festival,  "No Tears on the Field."  

It follows a season of women's grassroots rugby, highlighting the personalities of the club players, right through to sporting superheroes such as Black Fern Michaela Blyde.

Taranaki helped kickstart women's rugby and has been behind some of the nation's greatest Black Ferns and rugby league players.

Kathryn is joined by documentary maker, Lisa Burd, and one of the players in the documentary, Kate Thomson.