LockerRoom: Blues’ rookie fullback an oval-ball superstar in the making

At 18, Braxton Sorensen-McGee already has the sports world taking notice – and she’s aiming to wear the silver fern in three codes, she tells Suzanne McFadden. At only 2 years old, Braxton Sorensen-McGee would run on to the field during her big brother’s league trainings and jump straight into the action. Now 18, the Blues fullback fearlessly takes on the world’s best rugby players – whether stopping them in their tracks or out-sprinting them to the tryline in Super Rugby Aupiki .

Hailing from one of New Zealand’s great league dynasties, Sorensen-McGee is being touted as a future star of women’s rugby . But she’s determined to excel in three sporting codes – aiming to play for the Black Ferns , the Black Ferns Sevens and the Kiwi Ferns ..