Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu Atai'i Brunt

Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu-Atai’i Sylvia Brunt has seen a quick rise to the top, at just 18 she made her Black Ferns debut off the bench against Canada in the 2022 Pacific Four Series in Waitākere.  

She captained Mt Albert Grammar 1st XV team who won the College Sport Auckland Championship, was a member of the Ponsonby Senior Women's team that won the 2020 Coleman Shielda and in the same year she debuted for the Auckland Storm.An impressive midfielder, Brunt plays for the Auckland Storm and the Blues in Sky Super Rugby Aupiki. In 2025, Brunt was also awarded Pasifika Women’s Breakthrough Player of the Year at the Pasifika Hall of Fame awards.  

Following the Black Ferns Rugby World Cup, success in 2022, of which Brunt was a part of, fellow Black Ferns midfielder Amy du Plessis and Brunt have formed an entertaining midfield combination. The duo were standouts across the Black Ferns 2023 Test season, and a combination set to flourish as the team prepare for the 2025 Rugby World Cup.