The Black Ferns have completed their preparations for the 2025 Girls’s Rugby World Cup, with a 37-12 victory over the Wallaroos at Wellington’s Sky Stadium.
The victory on Saturday afternoon means the Black Ferns will maintain the Laurie O’Reilly Cup for one more yr, after the Kiwis additionally beat the Wallaroos in Newcastle on Might 10, 38-12.
The Black Ferns have now gained 29 video games straight towards the Wallaroos, after their convincing victory in Wellington.
Here’s how the Black Ferns players rated.
1 Chryss Viliko – 7.5
The 24-year-old started off well in Wellington, with a couple of solid pushes at scrum time, before pouncing on a loose ball at the ruck after the Black Ferns were defending for an extended period of time.
Viliko’s ball carrying ability was a weapon for the Black Ferns in the first half, taking at least two defenders to bring her down on multiple occasions.
Viliko’s covering tackle on Desiree Miller was excellent, showcasing her work fee throughout a number of totally different sides of the sport.
Off at 55 with eleven carries and ten tackles.
2 Georgia Ponsonby – 5
Ponsonby, who was enjoying her thirty second Check for the Black Ferns, made a few expensive errors at lineout time, overthrowing one straight to a Wallaroos participant earlier than they broke via the Black Ferns defence.
Ponsonby had an opportunity to go over and provides the Black Ferns the lead late within the first half, because the Black Ferns driving maul gained about 20 meters, earlier than Ponsonby dropped the ball simply in need of the road.
Simply after half time, Ponsonby threw a go to floor when she had the ball in and across the ruck, stopping any kind of momentum the Kiwis had been getting.
Off at 60 minutes.
3 Tanya Kalounivale – 7.5
The Fijian-born prop was robust together with her carries in Wellington getting over the achieve line on a number of events.
Kalounivale’s scrummaging was additionally efficient, usually getting the higher of her reverse quantity.
Kalounivale’s first half was extraordinarily busy, popping up in all elements of the sector to supply a hand, making eight carries effectively as eight tackles in her 40 minute stint.
Off at halftime after an enormous shift.
4 Maiakawanakaulani Roos – 6
Roos is all the time one of many busiest on the sector for the Black Ferns and on Saturday it was no totally different, throwing herself into contact on a number of events.
Roos’ is perhaps barely disillusioned with a few dealing with errors and misfired passes within the first half, however general, it was a stable 55 minute displaying by the lock.
Roos made 10 tackles and was a dependable possibility for the Black Ferns everywhere in the park.
5 Chelsea Bremner – 8
The 30-year-old skilled lock made an error on her first contact, lacking the ball fully off the Wallaroos restart. Bremner then was capable of disrupt the Wallaroos lineout on first try.
Bremner repeated that lineout steal late within the first half, inflicting havoc all throughout the sector in Wellington.
Bremner, who was one of many Black Ferns’ busiest on the night, confirmed her expertise and reliability at Check stage.
6 Alana Bremner (cc) – 7
It didn’t take lengthy for the Matatu captain to impose herself on the Wellington encounter, via a steal at a Wallaroos linout maul. Bremner went straight via the maul, received her palms on the ball and stripped it free.
Bremner continued the Black Ferns’ domination at lineout time, getting up and stealing one simply after half time.
Bremner’s second half was simply as busy, ending with 12 carries towards the Wallaroos.
7 Jorja Miller – 8
The Black Ferns Sevens celebrity didn’t look one bit misplaced within the 15-player code, having a pleasant free ranging function throughout the sector, to pop up and attempt to affect the sport in additional methods than one.
Miller was busy throughout the sector, creating good line velocity to place stress on the Wallaroos attackers. Miller had hassle on the breakdown on a few events, leaving her ft and being penalised by the referee.
Simply as you thought it may not be her night time with ball in hand, the Black Ferns’ No.7 disregarded a number of tacklers, to attain a world-class attempt within the 51st minute.
8 Liana Mikaele-Tu’u – 7
The Blues No.8 was bruising on defence and received via a mountain of labor, making a recreation excessive 12 tackles within the first 40 minutes, together with three carries.
Mikaele-Tu’u had a really underrated efficiency, doing the entire small issues across the discipline that each good No.8 does.
She completed with 5 carries and twelve tackles, however the stats gained’t present the affect the 23-year-old had on the Check match in Wellington.
9 Risaleaana Pouri-Lane – 5
Pouri-Lane struggled to get fast ball within the first half, with the Wallaroos making it sluggish and untidy on the breakdown.
Pouri-Lane tried to create stuff together with her sniping runs near the ruck, however in the end, couldn’t create fast entrance foot ball for her group.
She’ll have higher video games, and will probably be higher off for the Check match in Wellington.
Off at 52.
10 Ruahei Demant (cc) – 7
Demant did effectively to pin the Wallaroos again in their very own half on a few events from her in-play kicks, in addition to a pleasant contact finder with simply over 10 minutes to go within the first half. Demant’s first part defence was robust, stopping the Wallaroos gamers of their tracks.
Demant began the second half positively, showcasing her class, breaking via a few tackles to attain within the forty sixth minute.
The Black Ferns’ first-five was a key determine on the night time, serving to her facet dominate the second half in Wellington.
11 Katelyn Vahaakolo – 7
Vahaakolo was electrical to start out for the Black Ferns, breaking via a number of tackles on a run after the Wallaroos kicked the ball deep early on.
Vahaakolo was busy in and across the ruck, usually coming off her wing to become involved with play. The winger was key for the Black Ferns in creating counter attacking alternatives, however struggled to seek out any area with ball in hand.
The Black Ferns winger had 15 carries in Wellington, however couldn’t handle to complete any alternatives she was given.
12 Emblem-I-Pulotu Lemapu Atai’i Sylvia Brunt – 8
Brunt was largely used as a crash and bash ball provider off first part, which she did successfully, powering her approach via Wallaroos defenders.
It was a really stable efficiency from Brunt, who made use of her alternatives with ball in hand, creating quite a few probabilities for the Black Ferns.
Brunt made a game-high 17 carries with one line break.
13 Stacey Waaka – 6
Waaka’s first half was comparatively quiet, quieter than common not less than, as she was largely restricted to a decoy run on the skin of Brunt.
Waaka couldn’t discover any alternatives with ball in hand, however did effectively to hyperlink up play together with her outsides.
The 29-year-old would have favored to have extra of an affect for Bunting’s facet, however stays a stable possibility for the Black Ferns going ahead.
Off at 52 minutes.
14 Portia Woodman-Wickliffe – 9
It took lower than a minute for Woodman-Wickliffe to get on the scoresheet, getting her palms on the ball down the correct hand contact line, earlier than getting into to attain the opening attempt of the sport.
“You’ll be able to’t give Portia Woodman that a lot room,” the commentators stated on the Sky Sports activities broadcast after Woodman-Wifkliffe managed to tip-toe her approach down the correct hand touchline to attain her second of the night.
Woodman-Wickliffe was in every single place on Saturday night time, busting via quite a few tackles each time she received the ball, whereas additionally offloading the ball to help runners.
A hat-trick accomplished an ideal night time for the celebrity winger on her birthday, who in the end, was the distinction for the Black Ferns.
15 Renee Holmes – 6.5
Holmes wanted an enormous recreation to stake her declare for the Black Ferns squad heading to England for the World Cup subsequent month, and began off comparatively quiet within the contest.
Holmes usually opted to shift the ball on to her different backs, slightly than tackle the Wallaroos line. Holmes had a pleasant attempt help to Woodman-Wickliffe late within the first half, however was unable to transform on the opening two Black Ferns’ tries, though each had been from the sideline.
Holmes solely made one in all her 4 conversion makes an attempt, however was a key half in a number of tries for the Black Ferns.
Reserves:
16 Vici-Rose Green – 7
Nice steal at a ruck simply after approaching, which resulted in a attempt for the Black Ferns.
17 Awhina Tangen-Wainohu – N/A
18 Amy Rule (30th Check) – 6
Rule’s thirtieth Check match for the Black Ferns began in all probability sooner than anticipated, approaching at halftime for Kalounivale. The scrum continued to be stable after Rule entered the sport, however didn’t affect the sport a lot, aside from at scrum time.
19 Laura Bayfield – 7
Bayfield got here on and made her debut for the Black Ferns in Wellington and was straight into the motion, stealing a lineout from the Wallaroos.
Bayfield received via an honest quantity of labor in her quick stint off the bench, and has executed effectively in pushing for World Cup choice.
20 Layla Sae – N/A
21 Iritana Hohaia – 7
Hohaia was given 28 minutes in Wellington and supplied stable entrance foot ball in her time on the sector. Hohaia confirmed good talent to place in a inch-perfect kick to Tui out on the correct wing, leading to a Black Ferns attempt.
22 Kelly Brazier – 7
The skilled campaigner got here on within the 52nd minute, to attempt to shut out the sport for the Black Ferns. Her in-play kicking helped the Black Ferns take management of the sport, proving to be a gradual hand for her facet.
23 Ruby Tui – 7
In Tui’s final probability to impress Bunting and the selectors forward of the World Cup squad, she was solely given quarter-hour to showcase her value.
In true Tui fasion, it didn’t take lengthy to affect the sport, chasing and pouncing on a kick from Hohaia.
Tui’s attempt despatched a transparent message to Bunting and the selectors, that if wanted, Tui can nonetheless carry out at Check stage.
FT: 37-12 to the Black Ferns.
The Black Ferns’ World Cup squad will probably be named on July 25.
