Black Ferns 2025
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I thought du Plessis was very good against Australia.
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@kev du Plessis offers little at centre. No pace and seldom makes a line break. We need some x-factor at centre, so either Stacey or Portia. Joseph is also a handbrake at halfback at times. I'll be interested to see what Pouri-Lane can do. If the BFs want to play up-tempo you can't select a halfback who is so deliberate before passing. Woodman-Wickliffe needed her hands on the ball.
And defending the lineout drive. England will brutally expose them there.
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@Bovidae Agree. Joseph had average 1st game so surprised to see her start.
They didn’t exit well - England will kill them close to line. At restart the receiver often had time to kick and clear but the default was to pass to runner to take it into contact.
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The inability to defend a maul is still a major Achilles heel of this BF team. Also need a fetcher at 7. Tukuafu isn’t up to it. She needs to be Les Elder’d and dropped completely. I thought she might reproduce her Aupiki form with her turnover rate but nope. Miller needs to be picked here but I’m worried Bunting will still start Tukuafu next week. Miller needs to get the full game to get her minutes up.
However, the inability to give good ball to the wings is also a major problem. The ball dies when it gets to AdP. She needs to be dropped. The fact that Bumting only got rid of her with 5mins to go instead of shifting Woodman to centre is a huge concern - it means Bunting actually rates AdP and she might well be going to the World Cup possibly at the expense of far better midfielders like Setefano and Waaka. That’ll be a massive selection error if he does that. She’s not up to it. Brunt played well though.
Agree on Joseph. Her passing is so slow it’s a massive liability.
England will destroy this BF team. Bunting really doesn’t have a clue.
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The rest of the BF7s players start, as well as some debutants.
Black Ferns named in must-win match against USA
Black Ferns selectors have named four debutants to play in a must-win clash against USA this Saturday, their last game of the Pacific Four Series (PAC4) at North Harbour Stadium.
1 Kate Henwood
2 Georgia Ponsonby
3 Veisinia Mahutariki-Fakalelu*
4 Alana Bremner
5 Maiakawanakaulani Roos
6 Liana Mikaele-Tu’u
7 Jorja Miller*
8 Kaipo Olsen-Baker
9 Risaleaana Pouri-Lane*
10 Ruahei Demant (cc)
11 Katelyn Vahaakolo
12 Theresa Setefano
13 Stacey Waaka
14 Portia Woodman-Wickliffe
15 Braxton Sorensen-McGee16 Vici-Rose Green*
17 Awhina Tangen-Wainohu
18 Tanya Kalounivale
19 Chelsea Bremner
20 Kennedy Tukuafu (cc)
21 Maia Joseph
22 Hannah King
23 Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu-Atai’i Sylvia Brunt -
@Bovidae said in Black Ferns 2025:
3 Veisinia Mahutariki-Fakalelu*
Incredible stuff at 20 years old. Major knee surgery first year out of school, a debut season in the FPC last year, Aupiki debut this year and finally an intertnational debut all in under 12 months.
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@Bovidae said in Black Ferns 2025:
The rest of the BF7s players start, as well as some debutants.
Black Ferns named in must-win match against USA
Black Ferns selectors have named four debutants to play in a must-win clash against USA this Saturday, their last game of the Pacific Four Series (PAC4) at North Harbour Stadium.
4 Alana Bremner
19 Chelsea BremnerI thought they had dropped one of the Bremners? My bad
