Black Ferns v USA

Crucial

Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu and Hazel Tupic should be the starting halves in the big games.

Not going to happen with the captaincy selection and the wraps they have been giving her. Best might be for Tubic to play 12 but swap into first receiver often

Good thing is that we probably have our 8,9,10,12

Stargazer

@Crucial Demant can play at 12.

Crucial

@Stargazer said in Black Ferns v USA:

@Crucial Demant can play at 12.

Bit small against the big teams for 12 I think.

Stargazer

@Crucial They've moved her there in the previous games as soon as Tubic came on. There's no reason why they can't do that from the start.

Stargazer

Murray will get a card. The question is the colour.

Edit: yellow. First contact chest, slipping up to head.

Crucial

@Stargazer said in Black Ferns v USA:

Murray will get a card. The question is the colour.

I couldn’t even see head contact.. not until after the tackle impact

Bovidae

@Crucial Who are you saying is your no.8? Olsen-Baker?

Crucial

@Bovidae said in Black Ferns v USA:

@Crucial Who are you saying is your no.8? Olsen-Baker?

Yep.

Stargazer

Awesome win from the BFs, who not only win the game 50 - 6, but also the Series!

Crucial

Good one Sparksport. Captain interview cuts off halfway through even though they have nothing lse showing

Edit: Maybe @taniwharugby tripped over a cord as it’s back on with the US cap

Crucial

After all the bullshit that went down it’s great to see a bunch of smiles from a team that has obviously reconnected with a strong culture

Stargazer

ACT Crusader

Some lovely support play to finish off the moves. US tackling was way too high and our girls were able to get easy line breaks as a result.

Good tournament and we got better as it went on.

Stargazer

Fortunately, at least one Laurie O'Reilly Cup test still to be played v Australia before the World Cup (on 20 August in Christchurch).

The Silver Fern

Black Ferns v USA