Ariana Bayler Explained

Birth Date:	14 December 1996
Birth Place:	Waihi, New Zealand
Height:	1.65 m
Weight:	60 kg
Ru Currentposition:	Halfback
Provinceyears1:	2013–Present
Province1:	Waikato
Provinceapps1:	38
Provincepoints1:	47
Superyears1:	2021–Present
Super1:	Chiefs Manawa
Superpoints1:	0
Repyears1:	2021–
Repcaps1:	4
Reppoints1:	0

Ariana Bayler (born 14 December 1996) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Waikato provincially.

Biography

2013–2015

Bayler attended Hamilton Girls' High School and made her Farah Palmer Cup debut for Waikato as a 16-year-old in 2013. She has suffered three ACL injuries in her career since 2015.^{[1] [2]}

2020

In 2020 she played for the New Zealand Barbarians^[3] against the Black Ferns and then later for the Probables against the Possibles.^{[4] [5]}

2021

Bayler was named in the Black Ferns squad for their end of year tour of England and France; she featured in all four test matches.^{[6] [7] [8]} She made her international debut in the Black Ferns 100th test match, she came off the bench against England in Exeter on 31 October 2021.^{[9] [10] [11]}

The Chiefs named her in their squad for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki.^[12] Bayler was also in the initial team that beat the Blues at Eden Park in the historic first women's Super Rugby match in New Zealand.^[13]

2022

Bayler was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series.^[14] She was recalled into the squad for the August test series against the Wallaroos for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup.^[15] She was selected for the Black Ferns 2021 Rugby World Cup 32-player squad.^{[16] [17]}

External links

• Black Ferns Profile

Notes and References

1. News: Payne. Natasha. 2021-10-07. Rugby: Rookie Ariana Bayler overcomes nightmare injury run to achieve Black Ferns dream. en. Newshub. 2022-02-10.
2. Web site: Pearson. Joseph. 2021-11-12. Black Ferns rookie Ariana Bayler fights back after three ACL injuries to live test dream. 2022-02-10. Stuff. en.
3. Web site: Powell. Jennie. 2020-11-12. Teams named for Black Ferns v NZ Barbarians. 2022-02-10. 4 The Love Of Sport. en-GB.
4. Web site: 2020-11-04. Possibles v Probables named for Black Ferns trial match. 2022-02-10. NZ Herald. en-NZ.
5. Web site: 2020-11-04. Possibles v Probables named for Black Ferns trial match. 2022-02-10. allblacks.com. en-NZ.
6. Web site: 2021-09-06. 12 debutants named in 34-player Black Ferns squad - thesportsupdater.com. 2022-02-10. en-US.
7. Web site: 2021-09-06. 34-player Black Ferns squad named for Test series. 2022-02-10. allblacks.com. en-NZ.
8. Web site: 2021-09-06. Black Ferns name youthful squad for European tour. 2022-02-10. 1 News.
9. Web site: 2021-10-30 . Rugby: Black Ferns name four debutants in starting XV for historic England test . 2022-02-10 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
10. Web site: Ekin . Kim . 2021-10-30 . Black Ferns name nine debutants for long-awaited 100th test . 2022-02-10 . www.rugbypass.com . en.
11. Web site: 2021-10-30 . Nine debutants in Black Ferns squad . 2022-02-10 . RNZ . en-nz.
12. Web site: Waitomo Chiefs Manawa 2022 Squad. 2022-02-10. Chiefs. en.
13. Web site: 2021-04-28. Chiefs women's side named for historic Super Rugby match. 2022-02-10. NZ Sports Wire. en-NZ.
14. Web site: 2022-05-04 . 31-strong Black Ferns squad named for home June Test series . 2022-06-12 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
15. Web site: 2022-08-02 . Black Ferns named for O’Reilly Cup Test series . 2022-08-08 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
16. Web site: 2022-09-13 . Black Ferns squad locked in for Rugby World Cup . 2022-09-15 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
17. Web site: 2022-09-13 . Black Ferns Rugby World Cup squad named . 2022-09-27 . RNZ . en-nz.