2019 Black Ferns
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The Black Ferns Development XV will play at the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women’s Rugby Championship at at Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji.
The Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship gets underway on Monday with four teams – hosts Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Tonga – vying for a place at Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand. Australia A and a New Zealand Black Ferns Development XV are also competing in the tournament that will be played over four rounds from 18-30 November at Churchill Park in Lautoka, Fiji. The highest placed of the non-qualified teams* will join the eight teams who have already confirmed their presence at RWC 2021.
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*The Black Ferns and Australia have qualified for 2021 Rugby World Cup and will play in pool matches only.
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2019 Oceania Rugby Women’s Rugby Championship - Schedule
Monday, 18 November
11.00am: Samoa v Papua New Guinea
1.30pm: Australia A v Tonga
4.00pm: Black Ferns Dev v FijiFriday 22 November
11.00am: Tonga v Papua New Guinea
1.30pm: Black Ferns Dev v Australia A
4.00pm: Samoa v FijiTuesday 26 November
11.00am Black Ferns Dev v Papua New Guinea
1.30pm: Australia A v Samoa
4.00pm: Tonga v Fiji.
Black Ferns Development XV team to play Fiji:
Head Coach Wayne Maxwell has named the following team for the first round game:1 Leilani Perese (Counties Manukau)
2 Luka Connor (Bay of Plenty)
3 Amy Rule* (Canterbury)
4 Kelsie Wills* (Bay of Plenty)
5 Joanah Ngan-Woo (Wellington)
6 Alana Bremner* (Canterbury)
7 Kendra Reynolds* (Bay of Plenty)
8 Joanna Fanene* (Auckland)
9 Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu (Captain) (Counties Manukau)
10 Hazel Tubic (Counties Manukau)
11 Martha Lolohea* (Canterbury)
12 Lauren Balsillie* (Manawatu)
13 Grace Brooker (Canterbury)
14 Natahlia Moors (Auckland)
15 Olivia McGoverne* (Canterbury)16 Saphire Abraham* (Auckland)
17 Eilis Doyle* (Otago)
18 Angel Mulu* (Bay of Plenty)
19 Chelsea Bremner* (Canterbury)
20 Pia Tapsell (North Harbour)
21 Melanie Puckett* (Canterbury)
22 Rosie Kelly* (Otago)
23 Amanda Rasch* (Wellington)
All first round games will be LIVE on Sky Sport 1https://www.allblacks.com/news/black-ferns-development-team-to-face-fiji-named/
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Geezzz, the Australia A v Tonga game has been cancelled because one of the Tongan players showed symptoms of measles on Sunday. All Tongan players are now being tested and that takes 72 hours; too long to let the game go ahead. It's been called a draw and both teams get 2 points each.
The Samoa v PNG game will now be played at 1.30pm.
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Half time: New Zealand A 36 - 0 Fiji
1st try: Nathalia Moors; 2nd: Joanah Ngan-Woo; 3rd and 4th: Leilani Perese; 5th: Grace Brooker; 6th: Martha Lolohea.
The test against Australia A on Thursday should be more interesting; the difference with Fiji is too big and I suspect the game against PNG will end in a blood bath. Samoa beat PNG 65 - 12 earlier today.
Maybe NZR should send a Black Ferns U20 team, next year.
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Full time: New Zealand A 53 - 0 Fiji
Second half tries to: Nathalia Moors, Hazel Tupic and Lauren Balsillie.
Good first outing for this Black Ferns Development team, with 15 players wearing the black jersey for the first time. Obviously, this was a weak opponent, but it's great that they get the opportunity to play at this tournament. I'm looking forward to the game against Australia A.
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Black Ferns Development team to play Australia A on Friday, 1.30pm:
1 Angel Mulu (Bay of Plenty)
2 Luka Connor (Bay of Plenty)
3 Leilani Perese (Counties Manukau)
4 Chelsea Bremner (Canterbury)
5 Kelsie Wills (Bay of Plenty)
6 Ilisapeta Molia* (Counties Manukau)
7 Kennedy Simon (Waikato)
8 Pia Tapsell (North Harbour)
9 Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu (Captain) (Counties Manukau)
10 Hazel Tubic (Counties Manukau)
11 Langi Veainu* (Counties Manukau)
12 Kilisitina Moata'ane (Otago)
13 Grace Brooker (Vice captain) (Canterbury)
14 Natahlia Moors (Auckland)
15 Olivia McGoverne (Canterbury)16 Forne Burkin (Hawke's Bay)
17 Eilis Doyle (Otago)
18 Amy Rule (Canterbury)
19 Alana Bremner (Canterbury)
20 Joanna Fanene (Auckland)
21 Melanie Puckett (Canterbury)
22 Amanda Rasch (Wellington)
23 Martha Lolohea (Canterbury) LIVE on Sky Sport 1https://www.allblacks.com/news/black-ferns-development-xv-to-play-australia-a-named/
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The Tonga Women’s rugby team has been withdrawn from the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women’s Championships following a decision made by the Fiji Ministry of Health with consultation from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nadi, today. After evaluating test results of the suspected measles case earlier this week, the collective decision made by the health authorities was to quarantine the Tonga team for a total period of 18 days (Sunday 17th November to Wednesday 4th of December).As a result of Tonga’s withdrawal from the remaining rounds, an amended draw for the 2nd to the 4th round has been circulated to all teams. In light of the tournament being a qualifying tournament for the 2021 Rugby World Cup, an announcement will be made by World Rugby in due course regarding Tonga’s withdrawal..
OCEANIA RUGBY WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATED DRAW:
Round 2: Friday 22 November, 2019
1.30pm Australia A v Black Ferns Development
4.00pm Manusina XV v Fijiana XVRound 3: Tuesday 26 November, 2019
1.30pm Black Ferns Development v ANZ Papua New Guinea Palais
4.00pm Australia A v Manusina XVRound 4: Saturday 30 November, 2019
1.30pm Fijiana XV (Development) v Pool B – 2nd Highest Ranking RWC Non-Qualified Team
4.00pm Pool A – Highest Ranking RWC Non-Qualified Team v Pool B - Highest Ranking RWC Non-Qualifiedhttp://www.oceaniarugby.com/pageitem.aspx?id=179624&id2=1&eID=66726&entityID=66726
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That's the half time score. The Kiwi women are dominating all stats: possession, territory, line-out, scrum, you name it.
It may only be a development game, but there's some real talent in that Black Ferns Dev squad. Depth for the next few years looks very good!
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