The Black Ferns treated the Stade de France crowd in Paris to a powerful haka after winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the rugby sevens this morning.
Following the medal ceremony the players went to the side of the field with their gold medals on and performed the haka.
They were pushed all the way in the final by a resilient Canadian side, eventually running out winners 19-12, after trailing 12-7 at half time.
Co-captain Sarah Hirini made an all important bust to eventually set Waaka away to score in the corner and seal the victory near the death.
“To be honest I'm bloody sore, my face hurts, but I'm so happy," Hirini said after the match.
“I don’t know how to put that into words, what this crowd has done for us over the last few days, what Aotearoa does for us on a daily, they get up in the middle of the night to watch us.
"We feel you, we hear you, we see you - this one’s for you guys. We're bringing that gold medal back to Aotearoa, let's go!”
The Black Ferns Sevens are the first women's rugby team to secure back to back Olympic golds.
Fiji's men's team is the only nation to achieve that feat before today.
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