2019 Black Ferns

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Try to Olivia McGoverne. Full credit to Pia Tapsell though, who did some great work at the back of the scrum.

The conversion is good, too. 19 - 0 BFs

Now a compulsory water break because of the high temperatures in Fiji.

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Try from the pick and go, scored by Ilisapeta Molia. Converted by Tubic.

26 - 0 BFs after 33 minutes

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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!

[Bovidae]

A good effort from the forwards in the 1st half but Moors needs to stop kicking the ball ahead on the wing and keep possession.

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@Bovidae Agreed! I like how particularly the scrum is going very well. Somehow that seems to be a weak point for NZ rep teams in recent years.

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Try to Langi Veainu (IIRC, she is the sister of Telusa Veainu) after a great offload from the no. 6.

31 - 0 BFs after 44 minutes

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Try from the pick and go to TH prop Leilani Perese.

36 - 0 BFs after 50 minutes.

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The next player on the board is Martha Lolohea. Amanda Rasch converts the try.

43 - 0 BFs after 57 minutes

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It's going fast now. Try to second five-eighth Kilisitina Moata'ane; converted by Rasch.

50 - 0 BFs.

Another water break.

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Uhm, this commentator doesn't know anything about women's rugby. Saying that England are the wolrd champions and that NZ has to work hard to catch up with them and France.

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Full time: New Zealand A 50 - 0 Australia A

Convincing performance from the Black Ferns Dev team, who finished the game with 14 players due to a yellow card to Amanda Rasch in the 81st minute.

Best forward IMO was no. 6 Ilisapeta Molia on debut (a sister/cousin of Sione Molia).
Best back, Grace Brooker.

[Bovidae]

Perese was great when she was on the field. Both locks did plenty of work for the 80 mins.

[Machpants]

Gotta love the commentary

[Stargazer]

Tuesday 26 November, 2019
1.30pm: Black Ferns Development v Papua New Guinea Palais
4.00pm: Australia A v Manusina XV

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Black Ferns Dev squad:

1 Eilis Doyle (Otago)
2 Saphire Abraham (Auckland)
3 Leilani Perese (Counties Manukau)
4 Chelsea Bremner (Canterbury)
5 Joanah Ngan-Woo (Wellington)
6 Alana Bremner (Canterbury)
7 Kennedy Simon (Waikato)
8 Pia Tapsell (North Harbour)
9 Melanie Puckett (Canterbury)
10 Amanda Rasch (Wellington)
11 Natahlia Moors (Auckland)
12 Martha Lolohea (Canterbury)
13 Kilisitina Moata'ane (Otago)
14 Langi Veainu (Counties Manukau)
15 Grace Brooker (Captain) (Canterbury)

16 Luka Connor (Bay of Plenty)
17 Angel Mulu (Bay of Plenty)
18 Amy Rule (Canterbury)
19 Ilisapeta Molia (Counties Manukau)
20 Kendra Reynolds (Bay of Plenty)
21 Rosie Kelly (Otago)
22 Hazel Tubic (Counties Manukau)
23 Lauren Balsillie (Manawatu

https://www.allblacks.com/news/black-ferns-development-xv-to-play-papua-new-guinea-named/

LIVE on Sky Sport 1

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Didn't watch the first half, becasue I knew it was going to be a massacre, but it's even worse than I thought.

At half time, the Black Ferns Dev team are leading 62 - 0 over PNG.

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The stream has stopped since the 45th minute. In those 5 minutes, the BFs had already scored two more tries. It will be interesting to see the score when the stream is restored.

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Geez, 11 minutes later (56th minute) and it's 88 - 0.

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65th minute and we have a hundy.

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Full time: New Zealand A 131 - 0 Papua New Guinea Palais (21 tries to nil)

It's not even possible to call this game an opposed training run, as there wasn't much opposition. It was like watching 15 black steamrollers flattening 15 yellow ants.

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At first, I thought it was a great idea to let the Black Ferns Dev team participate in this tournament, but how much can they have possibly learned from 53 - 0, 50 - 0 and 131 - 0 wins? Maybe they should send an U20s BFs squad next year?