"I had it framed and put it up on the wall in the hallway," Hurring said. "I walk past it every day."
She was on the bench for the final when the Black Ferns beat England 13-10.
"It didn't matter if you contributed to that last game. You still got a medal around your neck which was pretty cool," Hurring said.
The World Cup in England in 2010 is the highlight of Hurring's rugby career.
"We usually only play against Australia or England so it was good to play tests against South Africa, Wales and France as well," she said. "It was cool to get a few more games."
She wants more and is keen to put a second World Cup gold medal on her hallway wall.
Hurring (26), a club liaison representative at Leslie Rugby, wants to get back in the Black Ferns this year and stay in the team for the 2014 World Cup.
She is also keen to make the sevens team for the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics.
Hurring played six years of representative rugby for Canterbury from 2006-11 before joining Otago Spirit this year. She played five tests for the Black Ferns from 2008-10.
She scored a try on her test debut when the Black Ferns beat Australia 37-3 in Canberra in 2008.
"I was worried about doing the haka and getting that out of the way," she said. "I remember that try pretty clearly."
The player who inspired her the most was veteran Black Fern Anna Richards, who was first five-eighth when Hurring played her first test.
"I like Anna's style of play and have looked up to her since I was a young kid," she said.
The All Black she admires most is fullback Israel Dagg.
"Guys like that are fantastic. I would love to have their skills," she said.
Hurring started playing rugby with the boys at the age of 6 in her home town of Fairlie.
"I guess I was a fairly full-on kid," she said. "I was always playing in the back garden and kicking a ball.
"I played rugby in the morning, went home and washed my knees and played netball in the afternoon."
She kept playing with the boys until the age of 14 when the boys grew bigger, stronger and faster.
"Mum introduced me to rugby and started a schoolgirls team at McKenzie College when I couldn't play with the boys." she said.
Counter-attacking skills have been a feature of fullback Hurring's play for Otago Spirit this year. She can turn defence into attack at the blink of an eye.
"I try to get through any little gap I can spy," she said. "I have a bit of pace at the moment and try to keep up my speed," she said.
Otago has a crucial game against Auckland tomorrow. It is the first game for the team at the Forsyth Barr Stadium.
"I'm looking forward to having no wind," she said. "It's been pretty hard at fullback in some games. It will be nice to play in a covered stadium with no wind and no rain."
Hurring has watched a number of Otago's ITM Cup games at the stadium and is eager to test it herself.
"It will be a special against a good side like Auckland," she said.
"We can beat them if we have the right mind set. We must see that game as a final."
Hailee Hurring
At a glance
Age: 26.
Home town: Fairlie.
Education: McKenzie College, degree in outdoor education and recreation, Christchurch Polytechnic.
Occupation: Club liaison officer Leslie Rugby.
Sport: Rugby.
Position: Fullback.
Record: Canterbury 2006-11, Otago Spirit 2012, Black Ferns 2008-10 (5 tests).
