Black Ferns 2025

[Bones]

@booboo said in Black Ferns 2025:

@Bones said in Black Ferns 2025:

@booboo said in Black Ferns 2025:

@Bones said in Black Ferns 2025:

@KiwiMurph said in Black Ferns 2025:

Wallaroos have started very well. Playing the conditions better than the Black Ferns

Is this on telly or internetworkings?

Standard here

Sky Sport 1 here in NZ...

Sorry about the autocorrect

Standard.

[Bones]

Reckon a kicking from hand competition between Demant and BB would be tight.

[booboo]

Just had to explain the Bring Back Buck Ruby sign.

[Bones]

Bloody good try.

I could watch a lot more Kelly Holmes, she's.... maturing nicely?

[booboo]

Loves Jorja

[Bones]

Oh. Jorja.

[Donsteppa]

A strong run and also minimal defence for that latest try.

[Bones]

@Donsteppa said in Black Ferns 2025:

A strong run and also minimal defence for that latest try.

I'd say almost a quarter of the team is decent numbers for defence.

[booboo]

We know that wasn't a fluke by Jorja.

[KiwiMurph]

Incredible by Jorja. What a try

Her lineout take earlier was impressive too.

[KiwiMurph]

Talk about a team try

[Donsteppa]

Flood gates well and truly opening in the second half.

[booboo]

And I thought the kick was a shit option.

On ya Ruby.

[Bones]

Now that was minimal defence.

[Bones]

Any chance Rieko could get some learning time with Jorja on how to use your feet close to the defence?

[Donsteppa]

Wallaroos dug deep in the last 10. Just before that I was wondering if the Black Ferns were going to break 50.

Final whistle goes at 37 - 12.

[Daffy Jaffy]

Reiko and his Mother (Black Fern #25) presenting jerseys -

[Daffy Jaffy]

The Black Ferns unveil their 33-player squad for the 2025 tournament in England at 5.05pm NZT on Friday 25 July.

Tune in on YouTube from 5.05pm NZT on Friday 25 July, as the Black Ferns announce the squad set to defend their Rugby World Cup crown in England.

The Rugby World Cup will take place in between 22 August and 27 September 2025, with the Black Ferns drawn in Pool C alongside Ireland, Japan and Spain.

[Bovidae]

I think there is still a chance that a couple of these players could make the RWC squad. Particularly King and Vaipulu.

[Daffy Jaffy]

The Black Ferns squad for the Rugby World Cup 2025 is (Age, Super Rugby Club, Provincial Union, Test caps):

Loosehead props

*Kate Henwood (36, Chiefs Manawa, Bay of Plenty, 10 Tests)

Awhina Tangen-Wainohu (27, Blues, Waikato, 7 Tests)

*Chryss Viliko (24, Blues, Auckland, 13 Tests)

Hookers

*Atlanta Lolohea (22, Blues, Canterbury, 7 Tests)

*Vici-Rose Green (22, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 2 Tests)

Georgia Ponsonby (25, Matatū, Canterbury, 31 Tests)

Tighthead props

Tanya Kalounivale (26, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 22 Tests)

*Veisinia Mahutariki-Fakalelu (20, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 1 Test)

Amy Rule (25, Matatū, Canterbury, 30 Tests)

Locks

*Laura Bayfield (26, Matatū, Canterbury, 1 Test)

Alana Bremner (28, Matatū, Canterbury, 29 Tests)

Chelsea Bremner (30, Matatū, Canterbury, 22 Tests)

Maiakawanakaulani Roos (23, Blues, Auckland, 33 Tests)

Loose forwards

Liana Mikaele-Tu’u (23, Blues, Auckland, 29 Tests)

*Jorja Miller (21, Black Ferns Sevens, Canterbury, 2 Tests)

*Kaipo Olsen-Baker (23, Matatū, Manawatū, 12 Tests)

*Layla Sae (24, Hurricanes Poua, Manawatū, 14 Tests)

Kennedy Tukuafu (28, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 30 Tests)

Halfbacks

*Iritana Hohaia (25, Hurricanes Poua, Taranaki, 17 Tests)

*Maia Joseph (23, Matatū, Otago, 11 Tests)

*Risaleaana Pouri-Lane (25, Black Ferns Sevens, Ta$man, 2 Tests)

First five-eighths

Kelly Brazier (35, Chiefs Manawa, Bay of Plenty, 43 Tests)

Ruahei Demant (30, Blues, Auckland, 45 Tests)

Midfielders

Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu-Atai’i Sylvia Brunt (21, Blues, Auckland, 25 Tests)

Amy du Plessis (26, Matatū, Canterbury, 21 Tests)

Theresa Setefano (30, Blues, Auckland, 19 Tests)

Stacey Waaka (29, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 27 Tests)

Outside backs

Renee Holmes (25, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 23 Tests)

Ayesha Leti-I’iga (26, Hurricanes Poua, Wellington, 26 Tests)

*Braxton Sorensen-McGee (18, Blues, Auckland, 3 Tests)

*Katelyn Vahaakolo (25, Blues, Auckland, 17 Tests)

Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (34, Blues, Northland, 27 Tests)

Non-travelling reserve

Krystal Murray (32, Chiefs Manawa, Northland, 14 Tests)

*denotes first Rugby World Cup

Black Ferns timeline:

· August 13 - Depart for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 campaign in England

· August 25 – Black Ferns v Spain, York Community Stadium, York, 4.30am (NZT) kick-off

· September 1 – Black ferns v Japan, Sandy Park, Exeter, 1.00am (NZT) kick-off

· September 8 – Black Ferns v Ireland, Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium, Brighton & Hove, 1.45am (NZT) kick-off