2016 Black Ferns

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And another try to England, taking full advantage of NZ being one player down.

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17-7 to England after 48 minutes.

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I'm not sure whether playing Woodman at centre is a good idea. I think she would be much more dangerous if she played on the wing.

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Rochelle Clark become the most capped player (116 caps). That's a huge achievement in women's rugby. Wonder how old she is and when she made her debut.

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Geezzz, that replacement prop for NZ is 133kg? Holy shit. And only 19 years old.

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Try Kendra Cocksedge!

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Not sure how she could miss that conversion. 17-12 England

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Another try to Cocksedge.

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She makes the difficult conversions. NZ leads 19 to 17.

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Now way was that a penalty, but ref gives it and England back in the lead. 20-19 England

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Another yellow card. Now England loses a player.

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Full time:
NZ wins 25-20. Player of the match: Kendra Cocksedge.

[Davesofthunder]

Was at the match and really enjoyed it.

Ferns built into the game and those big units who came on the second half actually made quite a big difference.

Gave us go forward and sucked the defence into the rucks and mauls.

Nice to see Hohepa playing again.

She was simply unbelievable during the 2010 RWC and seemed to have dropped out over the last few years.

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Black Ferns team to play Canada on Thursday morning, 2am NZT:

1 Toka Natua
2 Fiao'o Faamausili - captain
3 Aleisha Nelson
4 Eloise Blackwell
5 Charlene Gubb
6 Charmaine Smith
7 Charmaine McMenamin
8 Aroha Savage
9 Kendra Cocksedge
10 Kelly Brazier
11 Renee Wickliffe
12 Chelsea Alley
13 Carla Hohepa
14 Portia Woodman
15 Selica Winiata

RESERVES
16 Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
17 Aldora Itunu
18 Aotearoa Mata'u
19 Sharnita Woodman
20 Angie Sisifa
21 Kristina Sue
22 Janna Vaughan
23 Hazel Tubic

http://www.allblacks.com/News/30144/black-ferns-team-to-play-canada-named

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Livestream for the game v Canada, Thursday morning, 2am:

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Full time:

Canada 10 - 20 Black Ferns

NZ: tries to Winiata (2), Mata'u; pen Cocksedge, con Cocksedge

A bit hard to watch this game because only one camera was used and they didn't zoom in much. Sometimes difficult see which player had the ball. The game wasn't as good as the first test v England. The Ferns gave away too many penalties and had 2 players sent to the bin (Canada one), but often no idea why due to the poor filming and the fact that the commentator was a Canadian Comms Officer. Black Ferns defence was solid and fullback Winiata is an awesome player who always seems to find her way to and over the try line.

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There doesn't seem to be a highlights video of this game (yet), but these tweets show the three New Zealand's tries:

[antipodean]

That pass in the first try was a cracker.

[Bones]

Yeah Cocksedge has an excellent pass.