Being six and half months pregnant didn't stop world champ Black Fern Sosoli Talawadua from giving it her all in Whanganui's River Raft Race on Saturday.
Talawadua returned to her hometown with Black Fern teammate Toka Natua to be auctioned off at Whanganui's annual charity event and lend their strength to a team.
The Chronicle caught up with Talawadua over the weekend and it wasn't until the end of the interview she revealed she was in her third trimester of pregnancy.
She is not playing rugby at the moment but said a raft race was no sweat ... or at least those were her initial thoughts.
"The race started in line with the Wanganui Motorboat Club and I saw the big duck just passed the Dublin bridge and I just assumed the race finished there but it went all the way to Putiki so that was a bit of a shock midway through the race."