{"id":289960,"date":"2025-11-17T08:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289960\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:01:09","slug":"three-time-world-cup-winner-joins-world-rugby-council-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289960\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-time World Cup-winner joins World Rugby council &#8211; new zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p>NEWS: The New Zealand Rugby (NZR) Board has confirmed Professor Dame Farah Palmer as its third representative on the World Rugby Council.<\/p>\n<p>A former Black Ferns captain and three-time Rugby World Cup champion, Dame Farah brings extensive governance and rugby experience.<\/p>\n<p>She was an NZR Board member between 2016 and 2024 and was a member of the New Zealand M\u0101ori Rugby Board for 17 years. Dame Farah replaces Dr. Deb Robinson who has served on the World Rugby Council since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>NZR Chair David Kirk said: \u201cDame Farah\u2019s contribution to rugby in New Zealand and internationally has been exceptional, both on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe combines integrity and leadership and will be a strong advocate for the growth of the game worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk added: \u201cOn behalf of the board I would like to thank Dr. Deb Robinson for her excellent contribution to the work of the World Rugby Council, in particular as Chair of the Anti-Doping Advisory Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dame Farah joins NZR Board member Greg Barclay and Bart Campbell as NZR\u2019s representatives on the World Rugby Council. Her appointment will see New Zealand continue to play a leading role in growing a profitable and sustainable global game.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWS: The New Zealand Rugby (NZR) Board has confirmed Professor Dame Farah Palmer as its third representative on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-289960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}