2016 Black Ferns

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Stupid yellow card. Winiata would have been much faster than anyone else so there was no need for that tackle. NZ down to 14 again.

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Result: try England.

Tordah

Isn't this a full-time professional team versus a bunch of amateurs? Or are the Black Ferns also full-time pros?

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@Tordah No, only the Englisch women are full time pros. The Black Ferns get a bit of money for lunch.

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And another try to England, taking full advantage of NZ being one player down.

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17-7 to England after 48 minutes.

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I'm not sure whether playing Woodman at centre is a good idea. I think she would be much more dangerous if she played on the wing.

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Rochelle Clark become the most capped player (116 caps). That's a huge achievement in women's rugby. Wonder how old she is and when she made her debut.

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Geezzz, that replacement prop for NZ is 133kg? Holy shit. And only 19 years old.

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Try Kendra Cocksedge!

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Not sure how she could miss that conversion. 17-12 England

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Another try to Cocksedge.

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She makes the difficult conversions. NZ leads 19 to 17.

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Now way was that a penalty, but ref gives it and England back in the lead. 20-19 England

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Another yellow card. Now England loses a player.

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Full time:
NZ wins 25-20. Player of the match: Kendra Cocksedge.

Davesofthunder

Was at the match and really enjoyed it.

Ferns built into the game and those big units who came on the second half actually made quite a big difference.

Gave us go forward and sucked the defence into the rucks and mauls.

Nice to see Hohepa playing again.

She was simply unbelievable during the 2010 RWC and seemed to have dropped out over the last few years.

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Black Ferns team to play Canada on Thursday morning, 2am NZT:

1 Toka Natua
2 Fiao'o Faamausili - captain
3 Aleisha Nelson
4 Eloise Blackwell
5 Charlene Gubb
6 Charmaine Smith
7 Charmaine McMenamin
8 Aroha Savage
9 Kendra Cocksedge
10 Kelly Brazier
11 Renee Wickliffe
12 Chelsea Alley
13 Carla Hohepa
14 Portia Woodman
15 Selica Winiata

RESERVES
16 Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
17 Aldora Itunu
18 Aotearoa Mata'u
19 Sharnita Woodman
20 Angie Sisifa
21 Kristina Sue
22 Janna Vaughan
23 Hazel Tubic

http://www.allblacks.com/News/30144/black-ferns-team-to-play-canada-named

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Livestream for the game v Canada, Thursday morning, 2am:

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2016 Black Ferns