Black Ferns v Canada

[Crucial]

@Stargazer said in Black Ferns v Canada:

@Crucial If you mean the names Beukeboom, Holtkamp and De Goede, then those are not Saffa names, but Dutch. There are a lot of Dutch immigrants in Canada.

Thanks. Thought it would be one or the other. I didn't realise there were lots of Dutch in Canada to be honest and the Saffa/Rugby thing seemed the more likely.

[Bovidae]

Wiki says that Tyson Beukeboom is the daughter of 4-time Stanley Cup winner Jeff Beukeboom (Oilers, Rangers).

[Bovidae]

de Goede also sounded familiar. Her father Hans de Goede was a lock and the captain of Canada at the 1987 RWC. He is Dutch-born.

[Stargazer]

The conditions aren't as bad as last game, fortunately.

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Not sure the officiating is going to be better. Already a clear forward pass from the Canadians missed.

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Watching on World Rugby YouTube with VPN working well, btw.

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I was a bit distracted, but NZ lead 3 - 0. Don't know whether Cocksedge or Tubic kicked the penalty.

[Bovidae]

Wrong thread, but who won the earlier game?

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Another penalty and Tubic is the kicker. 6 - 0 NZ

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@Bovidae USA beat Australia 16 - 14.

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Livestream:

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Still too many mistakes, but BFs playing better than in the first game. Also a better opponent, obviously.

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Great scrum from the BFs. Dominating.

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Du Plessis gets away with a penalty only for a low-danger neckroll (not sure exactly which words the officials used).

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Great driving maul from the Canadians. Advantage Canada now, because BFs collaps. BFs giving away too many penalties. Now one of the new props (3).

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Good defence from the BFs there; Canada knock the ball on, on the BFs 22. NZ scrum.

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Arrgghh, so close. Great line-out, Tafito Lafaele going for a run and is stopped just before the try line. Kalounivale knocks on.

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The BFs are playing with the wind in their back.

Now a bad line-out NZ. Penalty Canada and someone is going to the bin. Yep, Kalounivale off. Someone else will be going off, too, because they'll need a prop for the scrum.

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Ngan-Woo is a strong player. Great defence from her and Roos.

Injury treatment for Pip Love (I think).

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I'd like to teach Scott Stevenson how to pronounce Beukeboom, because his pronunciation is not even close.