2018 Black Ferns

[Bovidae]

Was Chelsea Alley injured in the USA game? I do remember seeing her getting treatment on the field.

[Stargazer]

Entertaining first half. There's not much between both teams, except that dominant French scrum.

IMO the third French try should have been disallowed as the French left wing clearly blocked Winiata, preventing her from tackling the try scorer.

The French public is annoying as ever, booing every excellent tackle from the Ferns, as if it was foul play (which it wasn't).

Hope the Ferns can fix that scrum like last week.

Blackwell and Waaka the best players for NZ.

Half time: France 19 - 14 New Zealand

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Correct decision, clearly no try for France. No grounding (no control).

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Now a really good try for the French.

The Ferns look flustered.

France now leads 24 - 14.

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Try Winiata!

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24 - 21 France after the conversion.

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Penalty goal Cocksedge (who hasn't missed a kick thus far).

It's 24 all.

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Demant sent to the bin. I have no idea what for.

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Penalty goal France.
27 - 24 to France with 20 minutes to go.

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Oh shit.

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Geez, that's not even worth a penalty.

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Good refereeing. Nothing in it. Play continues.

With a shitty French ref, it might have been a second yellow for our no. 11.

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I don't know what the capacity of this stadium is, but it's a big crowd.

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Penalty goal France.

France now leads 30 to 24 with 10 minutes to go.

Demant back on.

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Penalty goal Cocksedge.

30 - 27 to France with less than 7 minutes to go.

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Linda Itunu subbed off. This was her last test match!

Great player; the Ferns will miss her.

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Bloody Geezus, that French scrum is still so dominant.

It's not that the Ferns' scrum has deteriorated; the French have become better at it. That's also why they won the Six Nations.

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Time's up. NZ line-out.

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It's over. The French women beat the Black Ferns for the first time ever. A deserved win, too.

France 30 - 27 New Zealand.

Bugger.

[Nepia]

@stargazer said in 2018 Black Ferns:

It's over. The French women beat the Black Ferns for the first time ever. A deserved win, too.

France 30 - 27 New Zealand.

Bugger.

Damn, at least the Maori won today!