Black Ferns v Scotland RWC
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@Jailbreak7 said in Black Ferns v Scotland RWC:
Hmmm no room for Ruby Tui or Woodman then. Not sold on Wickliffe. Didn't know Fluhler was injured. Surprised to see Tubic at 10.
Was going to say all of the above.
And add, so bloody good to see Ayesha making her first appearance in the Cup.
Quite a strange team
- the starting front row from game 1
- Second row a mix from the first 2 matches with Chelsea Bremner getting a rest
- Loosies completely mixed up from the first 2 matches, clearly Smith not settled on his best lose forward combination
- 3rd halfback used in 3 games
- Tubic's first start
- Centre pairing are the 12's used from the first 2 matches with du Plesis moved from 12 to 13 (both are known quantities, would have like to see the youngster get another match as I thought she was very good against Wales)
- Back 3 without any of the 7's girls. Renee Holmes get's a chance to impress after a shocking opening match against Aus.
Hope that as @Bovidae says, Fluhler is being rested as a precaution as she is a must at 13 for the knock out rounds.
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A fair bit of combination testing in there as well.
Roos with Ngan Woo
The loosies.Kalounivale gets a redemption opportunity as does Holmes.
AMT and Tubic should have a ready made combo so this is possibly a bench/backup test.Wickliffe is a communicator and brings experience. Possibly there to take some heat off Holmes to get her started again and regain confidence.
One very weak point we have is kicking. Both from hand and off the tee I cringe whenever Demant has the ball. Tubic and Holmes are probably our better options but neither seem to be starters at the moment.
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@KiwiMurph is a shame so many seats in the main stand are empty, when I looked yesterday, there were no doubles available, only single spots...must be those tour group blocks and/or sponsor seats...just walk around town giving them away FFS
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@Machpants said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
And Ayesha passed the ball, yay!
That was a lovely draw and pass. Some ABs could learn a thing or two...
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@Machpants yep, and probably the biggest since that game in 2006 I think when we played BOP when nzr were looking to drop us and Ta$man, that was last time we had >15k there
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@Machpants @KiwiMurph I've just noticed there's a match thread...
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@KiwiMurph better distribution
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can see some of the little touches that Smith has bought to the team
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Combinations and connections starting to click for the ferns , like the little bits of off the ball running which has created the overlap .
Playing right on the advantage line , hard to defend especially when the ball is quick
