Wiki replacement for injured Parker in Kiwi Ferns

Mackenzie Wiki a mainstay of the Canberra Raiders has been called into the Kiwi Ferns as a replacemnet PHOTO: NRL

Kiwi Ferns centre Shanice Parker has been ruled out of the Rugby League World Cup campaign after sustaining a calf injury in training.

Canberra Raiders Mackenzie Wiki will join the squad as her injury replacement.

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Wiki now enters her second Rugby League World Cup campaign, having previously represented the Cook Islands Moana in 2021.

However, she has committed to New Zealand since her 2024 Kiwi Ferns debut, when she scored a hat-trick against the PNG Orchids in the Pacific Championships.

Wiki is the third of her family to pull on the black jersey, following her aunt Germaine Wiki and her father Ruben Wiki, who played a nation-leading 55 Tests

The Kiwi Ferns face Fiji on Sunday 18 October in Newcastle.