Georgia Ponsonby

Georgia Ponsonby is a New Zealand rugby union player. She represents New Zealand women's national [rugby union team|New Zealand] internationally and was a member of their 2021 [Rugby World Cup] champion squad. She also plays for Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Canterbury provincially.

Rugby career

Ponsonby attended Feilding High School. She made her debut for Manawatu in the Farah Palmer Cup in 2017. She received a scholarship and went to Lincoln University in Canterbury. She played two seasons for Canterbury [Rugby Football Union|Canterbury] at Number 8 before switching to Hooker in 2020.
In 2021, she was selected for the Black Ferns tour of England and France, but only played in the two test matches against France. She made her Black Ferns test debut off the bench against France in Pau on 13 November. She earned her second cap in the second test match against France.
She signed with Matatū for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki season in 2022.
Ponsonby was selected for the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series. She made the team again for a two-test series against the Wallaroos for the 2022 [Laurie O'Reilly Cup|Laurie O'Reilly Cup] in August. She was selected in the Black Ferns squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. She scored the first try against England in the 2021 [Rugby World Cup Final|World Cup final].
In July 2023, she featured in the Black Ferns 21–52 victory over Canada at the Pacific Four Series in Ottawa.
In July 2025, she was named in the Black Ferns side to the 2025 [Women's Rugby World Cup|Women's Rugby World Cup] in England.
In June 2025, it was announced that she would join Premiership Women's Rugby club Trailfinders Women from the 2025–26 season.