2017-18 World Sevens Series

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Entertaining game. We win 36-17

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Black Ferns 7s team for the Langford Sevens

1 Ruby Tui (Bay of Plenty)
2 Shakira Baker (Waikato)
3 Stacey Waaka (Waikato)
4 Niall Williams (Auckland)
5 Sarah Goss (Manawatu) – captain
6 Michaela Blyde (Bay of Plenty)
7 Tyla Nathan-Wong (Auckland)
8 Kelly Brazier (Bay of Plenty)
9 Terina Te Tamaki (Waikato)
10 Theresa Fitzpatrick (Auckland)
11 Portia Woodman (Counties Manukau)
12 Tenika Willison (Waikato)
13 Risi Pouri-Lane ( Ta$man)

Tui’s return, and the inclusion of Waikato’s Terina Te Tamaki, are the only changes to the team that secured gold at the Kitakyushu Sevens last month.

Pool games

Sunday, 13 May
8.20am: v Brazil
10.14am: v England
1.06pm: v Fij

Where to watch?

Only the finals seem to be televised (Sky Pop-up 2/channel 56).
All pool games, quarter finals and semi-finals are streamed live on Sky Go.

http://www.allblacks.com/News/32403/ruby-tui-returns-for-black-ferns-sevens

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Didn't watch the game, but the Black Ferns 7s smashed Brazil 51 - 0 this morning.

England, our next opponent, lost to Fiji (14 - 24).

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Convincing win from the Black Ferns 7s over England: 22 - 0.

The next game against Fiji should be a goodie.

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Half time: NZ 12 - 7 Fiji

Tough first half, the BFs had a lot of defending to do against a Fijiana team on fire.

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Woweeee, what a second half! Quality stuff, worthy of a final! No point scored in the second half, but boy, that was good!

NZ win their pool. Bot NZ and Fiji through to the Cup QF.

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NZ to play England (again) in the QF at 5.26am tomorrow morning.

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I didn't see the Cup QF and SF, but the BFs have made it to the Final in which they will, as expected, play Australia.

Cup QF: NZ 17 - 12 England
Cup SF: NZ 33 - 10 USA

The Final kicks off at 11.20am.
Live on Sky Sport pop-up 2.

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Tuned in late, but it's 7 - 0 to the BFs with 3 and a half minutes to go in the 1st half.

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Wow, now a great try to Ruby Tui! 12 - 0 NZ

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Geez, Williams is ferocious! Great turnover.

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Now Brazier over after a quick tap. Penalty was for a high tackle on Tui.

17 - 0 NZ. First half almost over.

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Bloody hell, this is brilliant. Aussies not releasing (again), quick tap Goss (?) and Woodman goes for a run.

Half time: NZ 22 - 0 Australia

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Aussies not having their day. Kick out on the full from the kick-off.

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Australian defence non-existent. Williams slices through the Aussie line and dots down. 27 - 0 NZ

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Now they knock-on. NZ putting good pressure on the Aussies. They're on fire!

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Now they're just toying with the Aussie girls. Behind the back pass from Blyde to Williams, who scores another try. It's a massacre.

34 - 0 with 2 minutes to go.

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Aussies again not releasing. Goss is the Boss. Try!

Record being broken. Old record against Australia was 28 - 5. Now it's 39 - 0.

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Brazier shows again she'd be good at football, too. Try after the hooter.

Black Ferns 7s win 46 - 0. That donut will taste good after what happened in Sydney! So dominant! Awesome!

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Winners are grinners!

With one more tournament to go (Paris), we're still in it, but grabbing the Series win won't be easy.