New Zealand hooker and captain Fiao'o Faamausili is set to become the second player from her country to play in five Women's Rugby World Cups, having made her debut in Spain back in 2002.

Faamausili, who will match the achievement of Black Ferns legend Anna Richards whose five tournaments spanned 19 years from 1991-2010, took a trip down memory lane with World Rugby TV to recall her memories of Spain 2002 to France 2014.

Spain 2002  (Champions: New Zealand beat England 19-9)

In the 2002 World Cup, I was the rookie of the team so it was a big eye-opener for me, just how the Black Ferns were respected by other teams was phenomenal. People used to go quiet when we walked past. It was like, 'the Black Ferns are here'. I was on the bench a lot and I think probably only played for about four minutes the entire World Cup. I ran on and threw one lineout and put a scrum down and then the hooter sounded. I was just happy to do my time and support the team.

After that 2002 World Cup I set my goals pretty high. I knew I wanted to come back and not just get more minutes on the field but to also add to the Black Ferns legacy and push for the next World Cup.

Canada 2006 (Champions: New Zealand beat England 25-17)

I remember it was a big jump from the 2002 World Cup, in the respect that other teams had really picked up their game and were catching on to what we were doing. I got a lot more game time in that World Cup, probably a full game if I put all my minutes together, and got a start against my home country Samoa.

Being a dominant team, we had a target on our back and all the other teams were out to bring us down, but we liked that pressure because it pushed us even harder to keep ahead of the other teams in terms of learning new tricks and new game plans. It challenged us step it up another notch.

England 2010 (Champions: New Zealand beat England 13-10)

We'd lost against England in 2009 so going into the World Cup on their home turf was a big challenge for us. There was a lot of talk about how well-resourced they were and how much training they had done, but we weren’t too worried about that, we were focused on what we had to do to make sure we were on our game.

The 2010 World Cup definitely felt a lot bigger. It was an awesome tournament to be a part of, really well planned. We were staying at a university, in the same block as all the other teams, and it was great that we were all together in one area. A lot of mind games went on!  

I played in my first final which was obviously special, especially as it was against England in England and in front of a packed crowd. They were singing 'Swing Low' and we had to be mentally tough to block all of that out and to also cope with only having 13 players for part of the game. 

Holding the trophy aloft after the final was sweet, sweeter than the previous two because I felt I had fully contributed to it. It made all the early starts and the extra training all worthwhile. 

France 2014 (Fifth after pool defeat to Ireland ended New Zealand's 20-match unbeaten run)

It was my first World Cup as captain and we went into the tournament confident that we'd put the work in and had the right team to do well. 

From what I recall, all the other teams had stepped up their game again, with the likes of Canada coming through. In the game against Ireland it just felt that we were on 'D' the whole time. They'd clearly done their homework on us and came out to play. They were really physical and took it to us upfront and were the better team on the day. 

Not making the semi-finals was really gut-wrenching. I didn’t know that England and Canada had drawn before we played America in our final pool - making it impossible for us to reach the last four - because I was doing media stuff and no-one had mentioned it to me. So all I had in my head was that if we won the game by four or more tries, we'd be through, and that's how it went. I was jumping up and down at the end thinking we’d done enough and it was only when someone from the media came up to me and said, 'how did it feel going into that game knowing you'd already been knocked out?' I think I said, 'that sucks', I was stunned.