July 27, 2025 • 6 mins
We catch up with the Black Ferns Sevens star ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Of course Women's Rugby.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
World Cup coming up this year not too far away.
At the twenty twenty four Rugby Awards, Georgia Miller was
honored with the Calvin artram A Memorial Player of the
Year Award ward, an award to win that is one
of our greatest all Blacks the thirty year history of
the award. Georgia was just the second youngest recipient of
(00:23):
twenty just behind Jolnah Lomu and joins us now Georgia.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Hello, how are you Hi?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Good? Thank you? How are you? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Great?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Thank you great to have you with us here. Look,
how's this big transition? I mean, obviously we know you
from the sevens world. Now you're into the fifteens world.
It's all all going pretty well for you.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Yeah, and I've really enjoyed it. A different challenge. Obviously,
I'm a lot more physical, that's for sure. But yeah,
it's been really cool called to come in with the
blackfan's girls and you know, put my best foot forward
and hopefully help help this team in the World Cup.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
How long have you been playing rugby and what got
you into it?
Speaker 3 (01:03):
I started when I was four and then kind of
just played since. But I grew up with two older brothers.
Mum and dad played a bit of rugby, so kind
of just naturally happened.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Mommy and dad played a bit. When you saw a
bit of rugby, who do they play for? What's the
sort of background.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Harlequins down into Manu. Dad played heaps of games for
seniors and then mum played here and there when they
had a woman's team down there. But yeah, pretty rugby
loving family.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
It had a bit of highland dancing in there as well.
I mean does that sort of help you your side step?
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Yeah, I started that what I was for as well,
so kind of have always done the boat together and
I think there's been a lot of skills that have
transferred both ways. But probably more so my highland dancing
has helped my rugby than rugby helping the dancing.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
But yeah, Ima, what's your sort of rural connection. Are
you sort of from a farming background or from a
sort of a farming part of the world.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Nah, No, I'm from Tomorrow but in this town township,
but had pretty pretty close connections to all My mates
had farms, so we're often out there and just running
a muck.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah, so you can't come from a place like Timaru
and not have a connection to the land, can.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
You Yeah, exactly, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Now you're following in the footsteps as a seven star
to open side Flanka for the black Ferns Sarah Herdy,
I mean, she certainly proved that that was a good
path to follow. How much of an inspiration is she
Madawa Two's finest I call her.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Yeah, she's been awesome I think since joining the Sevens
and having hers as my captain and good friend along
the way. She's she's honest, she'll tell you what's up,
but she's honestly your biggest supporter. So really lucky to
have her in my corner and always supporting me, helping
guide me and just you know me with what she does.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Yeah, she's an inspiration. I was going to say to
if you come from a farming background, can you share
three hundred sheep a day like Sarah could when back
in the day when she was amazing. Mind your brother,
her old man Allen Goss, he could share her mother
was a wonderful wool handler, and of course brother Simon,
sheares about eight hundred a day. But a great family,
and you're such a cool person. To be following the
(03:23):
footsteps of what's the next few weeks months rollout? Like
now with the Blackfelt you got a bit of in
camp time.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Yeah, so we're in campon this week and then we
get about a week or so when we go back
home still training, and then head over to England about
middle of August, and then yeah, pretty much the World
Cup kicks off.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
How much study have you done of those? I mean,
if you go back to that last World Cup here
in New Zealand and the French player misses the kickout
in front of the semi final, we make the final
and then England are down to fourteen and we win
that last line. I mean, it's a fine line between
pleasure and pain, isn't it. I mean it's going to
be awesome. The Canadian's very good too.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Yeah, definitely. I think it's going to be a really
tough World Cup this year. And you know, heaps of
teams have had so much growth, which will be so exciting.
Just that challenge of the best players in the Boost
teams coming up against each other, I think will be
a spectacle, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Have you engaged the services of your brothers to get
yourself sort of, I guess, because you're gonna have to
take some more knocks, aren't you. It's a bit more
as you say, a bit more constant physical playing the
fifteens and the sevens. How have you sort of it's
not hardened up, but how have you sort of adjusted
to take those knocks.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Yeah, probably after a few years of missing those heavy,
hard knocks, just coming straight back in and getting used
to all of that again. You know, I definitely had
a rare e sore body the first few weeks, but
just adjusting and then kind of using my strengths to
manipulate that as easy and safely as they can.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah. Fantastic.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Okay, So hey, George, we really look forward to to
following you. What was that moment like this? Briefly to
wrap up when you were when the team was announced.
I thought they did a great job of that and
your members of the family and friends and that there.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
What was that like for you?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah, it was so special, as you said, with our
family and friends there, and I guess sharing the moment
with the other thirty two players and knowing what they've
done to get into a position like this. So I
think we've got a great group to go put our best,
you know, team out their best performances out there and
(05:40):
hopefully go win this thing.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
There's there been any characters that you hadn't met before
and the team that you're getting to know and enjoying
their company.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, I guess like it's been nice having a lot
a lot of time with the girls to get to
know everyone a lot more. I haven't really seen or
played with a lot of them in a few years,
so it's nice to keep building those connections.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Oh fantastic, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
That is Georgia Miller blackfurn off to the Women's Rugby
World Cup because it has made the move.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
From seven to fifteen.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Will be looking to follow her the Calvanar Tremaine Memorial
Player of the Year winner and looking to do great
things with our team at that World Cup.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Here
Of course Women's Rugby.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
World Cup coming up this year not too far away.
At the twenty twenty four Rugby Awards, Georgia Miller was
honored with the Calvin artram A Memorial Player of the
Year Award ward, an award to win that is one
of our greatest all Blacks the thirty year history of
the award. Georgia was just the second youngest recipient of
(00:23):
twenty just behind Jolnah Lomu and joins us now Georgia.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Hello, how are you Hi?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Good? Thank you? How are you? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Great?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Thank you great to have you with us here. Look,
how's this big transition? I mean, obviously we know you
from the sevens world. Now you're into the fifteens world.
It's all all going pretty well for you.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Yeah, and I've really enjoyed it. A different challenge. Obviously,
I'm a lot more physical, that's for sure. But yeah,
it's been really cool called to come in with the
blackfan's girls and you know, put my best foot forward
and hopefully help help this team in the World Cup.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
How long have you been playing rugby and what got
you into it?
Speaker 3 (01:03):
I started when I was four and then kind of
just played since. But I grew up with two older brothers.
Mum and dad played a bit of rugby, so kind
of just naturally happened.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Mommy and dad played a bit. When you saw a
bit of rugby, who do they play for? What's the
sort of background.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Harlequins down into Manu. Dad played heaps of games for
seniors and then mum played here and there when they
had a woman's team down there. But yeah, pretty rugby
loving family.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
It had a bit of highland dancing in there as well.
I mean does that sort of help you your side step?
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Yeah, I started that what I was for as well,
so kind of have always done the boat together and
I think there's been a lot of skills that have
transferred both ways. But probably more so my highland dancing
has helped my rugby than rugby helping the dancing.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
But yeah, Ima, what's your sort of rural connection. Are
you sort of from a farming background or from a
sort of a farming part of the world.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Nah, No, I'm from Tomorrow but in this town township,
but had pretty pretty close connections to all My mates
had farms, so we're often out there and just running
a muck.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah, so you can't come from a place like Timaru
and not have a connection to the land, can.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
You Yeah, exactly, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Now you're following in the footsteps as a seven star
to open side Flanka for the black Ferns Sarah Herdy,
I mean, she certainly proved that that was a good
path to follow. How much of an inspiration is she
Madawa Two's finest I call her.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Yeah, she's been awesome I think since joining the Sevens
and having hers as my captain and good friend along
the way. She's she's honest, she'll tell you what's up,
but she's honestly your biggest supporter. So really lucky to
have her in my corner and always supporting me, helping
guide me and just you know me with what she does.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Yeah, she's an inspiration. I was going to say to
if you come from a farming background, can you share
three hundred sheep a day like Sarah could when back
in the day when she was amazing. Mind your brother,
her old man Allen Goss, he could share her mother
was a wonderful wool handler, and of course brother Simon,
sheares about eight hundred a day. But a great family,
and you're such a cool person. To be following the
(03:23):
footsteps of what's the next few weeks months rollout? Like
now with the Blackfelt you got a bit of in
camp time.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Yeah, so we're in campon this week and then we
get about a week or so when we go back
home still training, and then head over to England about
middle of August, and then yeah, pretty much the World
Cup kicks off.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
How much study have you done of those? I mean,
if you go back to that last World Cup here
in New Zealand and the French player misses the kickout
in front of the semi final, we make the final
and then England are down to fourteen and we win
that last line. I mean, it's a fine line between
pleasure and pain, isn't it. I mean it's going to
be awesome. The Canadian's very good too.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Yeah, definitely. I think it's going to be a really
tough World Cup this year. And you know, heaps of
teams have had so much growth, which will be so exciting.
Just that challenge of the best players in the Boost
teams coming up against each other, I think will be
a spectacle, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Have you engaged the services of your brothers to get
yourself sort of, I guess, because you're gonna have to
take some more knocks, aren't you. It's a bit more
as you say, a bit more constant physical playing the
fifteens and the sevens. How have you sort of it's
not hardened up, but how have you sort of adjusted
to take those knocks.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Yeah, probably after a few years of missing those heavy,
hard knocks, just coming straight back in and getting used
to all of that again. You know, I definitely had
a rare e sore body the first few weeks, but
just adjusting and then kind of using my strengths to
manipulate that as easy and safely as they can.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah. Fantastic.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Okay, So hey, George, we really look forward to to
following you. What was that moment like this? Briefly to
wrap up when you were when the team was announced.
I thought they did a great job of that and
your members of the family and friends and that there.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
What was that like for you?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah, it was so special, as you said, with our
family and friends there, and I guess sharing the moment
with the other thirty two players and knowing what they've
done to get into a position like this. So I
think we've got a great group to go put our best,
you know, team out their best performances out there and
(05:40):
hopefully go win this thing.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
There's there been any characters that you hadn't met before
and the team that you're getting to know and enjoying
their company.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, I guess like it's been nice having a lot
a lot of time with the girls to get to
know everyone a lot more. I haven't really seen or
played with a lot of them in a few years,
so it's nice to keep building those connections.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Oh fantastic, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
That is Georgia Miller blackfurn off to the Women's Rugby
World Cup because it has made the move.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
From seven to fifteen.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Will be looking to follow her the Calvanar Tremaine Memorial
Player of the Year winner and looking to do great
things with our team at that World Cup.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Here
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