The Sydney teen lighting up the Women’s Rugby World Cup | geerob
The last word that comes to mind when Bienne Terita plays rugby is “difficult”. Powerhouse, maybe. Joyful, if you’re lucky enough to be a teammate and observe her off the field. Not “difficult”.
“They are completely different games. It was really hard because of the physicality and just more contact with more bodies ,” she says. “It’s been difficult transitioning over. It’s a really technical game as well, where sevens is eyes-up footy.” There’s been an element of therapy in the success for Terita, who concedes she was heartbroken when she missed selection for Australia’s gold medal-winning Commonwealth Games squad this year.A sevens native and a member of a generation to whom Australia’s 2016 Rio Olympics champions are heroes, she debuted during the 2021-22 World Series, playing in three tournaments at the start of the year.
“I watched [them] a lot, [they] were a huge role model, so being in the same training program was really special,” Terita says of the prolific try-scorer, who has since transitioned to male.
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