2017 Black Ferns (including World Cup)

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The Women's Rugby World Cup (WRWC) starts on Thursday morning (NZT). The games will all be broadcast by Sky.

The Black Ferns' first game is against Wales at 1.45am (Sky Sport 1).
Some of the replays: Thu 8.45am and 5.00pm (SS1), Fri 2.30pm & 5.30pm (Rugby Ch).

The first Black Ferns squad has been named today (number of Test matches in brackets):

1 Toka Natua (11)
2 Fiao'o Faamausili - captain - (47)
3 Aldora Itunu (11)
4 Eloise Blackwell (27)
5 Rebecca Wood (2)
6 Charmaine Smith (11)
7 Sarah Goss (5)
8 Aroha Savage (23)
9 Kendra Cocksedge (37)
10 Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali (14)
11 Renee Wickliffe (26)
12 Kelly Brazier (32)
13 Stacey Waaka (6)
14 Portia Woodman (11)
15 Selica Winiata (27)

Reserves:
16 Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate (15)
17 Sosoli Talawadua (3)
18 Aotearoa Mata'u (5)
19 Lesley Ketu (5)
20 Charmaine McMenamin (9)
21 Kristina Sue (7)
22 Theresa Fitzpatrick (2)
23 Carla Hohepa (14)

http://www.allblacks.com/News/31190/black-ferns-team-to-play-wales-named

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Unonverted try after 8 minutes. (Winiata)

NZ 5 Wales 0

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All in the Wales half but NZ making errors.

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Waaka in now 10-0

Unconverted again.

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Ferns trying a lot of offloading to big girls crashing in close. It's not being executed well yet but watch out when one works.

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Poor ref. He gets a little screen at one end of the ground and the TMO peeps up a potential deliberate knock on (never even close) and the ref has to run all the way to the other end to watch

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Ouch. Sustained period from Wales comes up empty. NZ gets ball back and a try 15 in from the left for Wickliffe

Another poor kick from this side and its 15-0

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Wickliffe gets another on HT with an intercept. Wales backs are too sluggish in their handling and the Ferns are getting right up on them.

Same side of field same missed conversions.

20-0 HT

Left 8 points out there.

[reprobate]

is this online to watch somewhere crucial?

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@reprobate said in 2017 Black Ferns (including World Cup):

is this online to watch somewhere crucial?

I'm watching on the official site. ITV have the rights here and any game they aren't showing live WR streams.

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For NZ Sky have all the rights and WR can't stream anything even if Sky aren't showing it live.

VPNs may be your friend unless WR has identified use and blocked them

[reprobate]

sweet thanks mate

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Winiata with a nice run and kick ahead, gets a shit bounce then an even rougher one when she goes to toe ahead. Lost opportunity.

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And just show what a weird thing the rugby ball is a loose pass is toed ahead by Brazier who gets another little kick that bounces straight up into her arms and she passes for Woodman to score.

easier kick this time but still no conversions. Horror kicking display 0/5

25-0 after 53 minutes

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Close range try from Blackwell takes it out to 30-0

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Wow Cocksedge finally gets one. 32-0

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Wales not as bad as the scoreline suggests. Their forwards are strong and their 14 has some talent and speed. The ferns simply way to good on defence for them to break through and their handling just a little laboured.

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As I wrote that they get a try. Poor communication in defence with the new 10 for NZ and a hole opens from a lineout. Got us backpedalling rapidly and a try near the posts.

32-7

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Winiata gets a break and no one can get near her. Afterburners on and a try under the sticks. This one should be easy even for Cocksedge.

And it is 39-7 64 minutes

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Cocksedge may be a crap kicker but she has a nice pass that creates width