2019 Black Ferns
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@KiwiMurph Chelsea Alley is awesome. I really rate her as one of the best current BFs.
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The prize is already in the bag, but I'm looking forward to another great game on Saturday!
Black Ferns to play the Wallaroos (Number of caps in brackets, *denotes debut):
1 Toka Natua (21)
2 Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate (29)
3 Aleisha-Pearl Nelson (34)
4 Eloise Blackwell (42)
5 Charmaine Smith (26)
6 Pia Tapsell (5)
7 Les Elder (Captain,17)
8 Charmaine McMenamin (24)
9 Kendra Cocksedge (Vice captain, 52)
10 Ruahei Demant (10)
11 Ayesha Leti-I'iga (8)
12 Chelsea Alley (23)
13 Carla Hohepa (24)
14 Renee Wickliffe (40)
15 Selica Winiata (Vice captain, 39)16 Luka Connor (3)
17 Leilani Perese (10)
18 Olivia Ward-Duin (1)
19 Jackie Patea-Fereti (17)
20 Kennedy Simon (3)/Joanah Ngan-Woo (3)
21 Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu (5)
22 Krysten Cottrell (7)
23 Grace Brooker*Uncapped Canterbury utility back Grace Brooker, experienced Wellington lock Jackie Patea-Fereti, and Bay of Plenty hooker Luka Connor, have all been added to the Black Ferns reserves for Saturday's Test.LIVE on Sky Sport 1; kick-off 5.00pm.
http://www.allblacks.com/News/34547/three-changes-to-black-ferns-side-to-play-australia
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Less than 10 minutes played, and both teams have already scored a try. BFs lead 7 - 5
First try scored by Demant; the Aussie try scored by Aussie 7s speedster Mahalia Murphy.
I started watching via the spidercam channell (ch 50), but while it gives some beautiful views of the scrum, line-out etc, it generally moves too slowly to my liking. I've moved back to SS1.
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@KiwiMurph I just missed that! Was that the rookie, Grace Brooker?
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Australia was competitive for parts of the game, but just couldn't break the Ferns' defence. NZ definitely had a much better bench.
2019 has been a good year for the Ferns. Six tests, one loss to France (after a short turnaround of 4 days) and 5 wins. Firmly at the top of the World rankings.
